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San Fran bans the bag

It's about time an American city banned plastic bags and, living up to its reputaion as the progressive city of free love and tree huggers, San Francisco has taken lead. (Thank you, JP, for sending this in!) 


Non-degradabale plastic bags are wrong for so many reasons. Most will never break down. They are oil based. And they are unnecessary. Yes, there was a time before plastic bags when our ancestors were in fact able to get their groceries home with ease.

You can make a statement with your reusable grocery bag. There are some stylish ones out there now. And there are all sorts of carts and shopping trolleys - it's a growing market. We have a cupboard full of bags on wheels, burlap and sturdy reusables. 

Tesco has a funny ad showing the various things that can be used to haul groceries as they are encouraging the customers to get over their bag plastic addiction. They have a points reward scheme for every time a shopper does not use a bag. They save money, we save land fill. But the UK government should get off of the fence and follow the Irish and San Fran initiatives and get rid of the things!
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