Oh, the lengths we now employ to avoid paying ten cents for a plastic bag!
It’s rather humorous to see people walking out of stores with their arms loaded because now they, “don’t need a bag.” Or purses, stuffed to the max with cheese, yogurt and other precious refrigerated items, because now we, “don’t need a bag.” Well, I need bags!
I relied on those bags for liners in my mini-trash cans. My precious stash has dwindled and I am reduced to using the bag from the five-pound purchase of potatoes. Or perhaps the flimsy bag used to restrain my lettuce or other vegetables. Or the bag the monster-sized grapes came in. Or the plastic used to bundle the four-pack of tissues. Or…You get it. There are plenty of smaller bags we already use which work just as well. I am not at a loss. There is also the old school – use no bag and just empty your trash as you used to do.
This only comes to mind as I am emptying my little receptacles in the promise of a timely trash pick-up tomorrow. I’m still polluting our land with plastic, I’m just not paying for it.
Looking forward to those biodegradable plastics being used in every corner of our lives!