November 10, 2007
Tomorrow is Reuseable Bag Day
Ever since discovering the North Pacific Trash Vortex, a swirling dump of plastic THE SIZE OF TEXAS in our precious ocean, I have been doing my very very best as a conscientious consumer never again to use another plastic bag, except for photographic purposes, of course.
As a result, I have a substantial collection of the green reusable bags because I so often find myself in line at the register, groceries aboard the conveyor, when I remember that my reuseable bags are in the front seat of my car, so I purchase another from the handy display. This cannot be good for the environment either, most particularly, the environment in the interior of my car.
You will be pleased to know that I have found a solution to this problem: Envirosax. They weigh about an ounce, and fold up to the size of two teabags, so I simply leave them in my purse awaiting an appropriate occasion.
If you are a dear and close personal friend, don't rush out to buy one, because Christmas is coming.
Brian Joyce, a Massachusetts state legislator,wrote an editorial for the Boston Globe Saturday, entitled Sack the Plastic Shopping Bag in which he implores readers to do what other cities and countries have done and ban the damn things altogether. Tomorrow is Reusable Bag Day throughout the Commonwealth so BYOB, as twere.
Photo note: A plastic bag, with "thank you for your patronage" written on it in red, conveniently caught in the Japanese red maple for full autumnal effect. Honestly, it's really hard to bring out the beauty in one of those things.
Posted by Dakota at November 10, 2007 10:13 AM