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The Case Of The Plastic Shopping Bag

July 15, 2008

easygreenliving - reduce your plastic bag usage todayGlobally we use billions of plastic shopping bags annually which is of great concern for our world but, is banning them the answer?

Not so long ago I, like most of us I imagine, carried my shopping in plastic bags without batting an eyelid. I avoided Pak ‘n Save and the inconvenience of having to pay for a plastic bag or to find a box within the store to carry my purchases in. I also embraced the eco-friendly, re-usable bags that popped up in supermarkets and promptly forgot to use them. But, after reading a paragraph about plastic floating in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, my shopping excursions have well and truly changed.

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The Bio Da Versity Code

July 2, 2008

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The Easy Green Living Team