It was bound to happen. Read all about the plastic grocery bag ban in San Francisco here, and then buy some of these or this great site's many other options so you'll be prepared when the same ordinance is passed in your town.
San Francisco Bans Plastic Grocery Bags
Wednesday March 28, 2007
It was bound to happen. Read all about the plastic grocery bag ban in San Francisco here, and then buy some of these or this great site's many other options so you'll be prepared when the same ordinance is passed in your town.
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This initiative makes me proud to be a SAN FRANCISCAN. I like a tiny percentage have been using fabric bags for years but to make the effort most people need "the PUSH" that motivates them to think about the harm this small but lethal act has on our lives/environment/wildlife. A giant step forward for mankind is making man kind to nature.
I contrast this ordinance with the new initiative in a Shop Rite near my town in NJ that will start charging 18 cents for a brown paper bag. The only saving grace about those plastice bags is that I try and find other uses for them around the house and that does make me feel better about my contribution to helping the environment. I do think that shoppers who spend $300 a trip will have a difficult time using the cloth bags!
SanFrancisco just catching on, eh?At least 20 years ago my mother made my sister,myself and herself our own reusable bags with our initials on them out of ripstop nylon, and i continue to use them to this day. Perhaps, SanFran is not on the cutting edge after all, just catching up with us original environmentalists in Montana after all. How soon before the rest of the world steps up?