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Los Angeles to ban plastic bags by 2010
Re: Los Angeles to ban plastic bags by 2010
Reuseable bags are great, we even take them on our bicycles when we shop. The hardest part is to remember to bring them in. I always have to run back out while we are in the cashiers line to get them.
Not buying things with a lot of packaging is also great. We get a lot of our orgamnic frunits and veggies from a local co-op. CSA farmers group. It works out well, not packaging or 1 week old items there. We even help distribute the items into reusable baskets.
Fresh produce is so nice.
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Somewhat related to food - With Los Angeles set to ban plastic bags by 2010 I'm curious how most of you plan to do your shopping. Will you take your own bags or incur the charges for the biodegradable bags instead? I think that it's fairly obvious that bringing your own re-usable bags each time you shop is probably the most eco-friendly choice. Even a biodegrable plastic bag can cause issues - I can't get rid of the image that I have engrained in my brain of the duck who had a plastic bag wrapped around its head; people tried for weeks to catch the duck and eventually remove the bag. Even biodegradable bags can fill up landfills for a quite a while and cause a mess of things.
Just curious how will you carry your goods, and how are you carrying things now?