There was an article I read about a city trying to ban plastic bags from grocery stores. I totally get the whole pollute the environment thing…and I hate seeing the “bag birds” along the side of the road, or stuck in trees. But, uh, HELLO?! Because people can’t hold on to their trash – EVERYONE is punished? (I hate that.)
The reason I shake my head at this is because we REUSE those bags. Novel concept, huh? When we clean out the litter box, plastic bags are used (and by we, I mean Mike). Or when I’m going to be out-and-about and know that diapers are going to be changed, plastic bags join us on our adventure. Or if I have a quick crafting project that I want to take on the run and can’t find any of my millions of non-plastic bags that I bought specifically for this purpose, I grab a plastic bag. These grocery store bags fit perfectly in the smaller trash cans as liners…I’ve even seen a can designed specifically TO use with them.
So, seriously – ban plastic bags?? Please don’t make it so I have to purchase the small trash bags instead.
I’m done with my rant. For now.
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