365 Days, 365 Ways...To Go Green

I am not sure which one I am but I never remember to bring my cloth bags to the store so today when I went to Whole Foods I bought another bag. Maybe if I have to buy a bag everytime I forget one I will begin to remember. When I travel to Ireland I never forget because if you don't bring your own bag you have to pay for one. IKEA sold bags for 59 cents each last month and announced that beginning March 15 they will charge a nickel for plastic bags. The money they made from the bag campaign ($1.75 million) is going to American Forests according to Treehugger.com. Everytime I go into Whole Foods or Trader Joes I mention that they should begin to charge for the plastic bags and I love that IKEA is using that money for a good cause. And don't forget to fill out the customer suggestion cards at all stores (we seem to be picking on grocery stores)
Why it's important - according to the World Watch Institute plastic bags are petroleum based (and we all know that that is an unrenewable resource) plus we only recycle 0.6% of the over one billion bags that are tossed in the landfills yearly. The ones that go airborne kill wildlife, clog our sewers and affect our watersheds. Wikipedia states that When one ton of plastic bags is reused or recycled, the energy equivalent of 11 barrels of oil are saved. Awesome!
Breaking News:San Francisco bans petroleum based plastic bags! I just might write a letter to our governor!
Update - I went to Trader Joes today did not bring my cloth bags so I had to buy 2 plus I bought 2 for the lady behind me in line. Trader's has a drawing ever week and the winner gets a $25 gift certificate.
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