A Mild Uproar of Fun

Apryl dislikes plastic bags. If you know her, you know this to be true. One of her favorite companies is the Chicago company, Reusable Bags, which provides an alternative to the wasteful plastic bag. Think about it, nearly everywhere you go to spend your money, you’re more than likely coming back with a plastic bag. And there doesn’t seem to be worse offender than the grocery store. Well, Apryl bought us our own reusable bags which we take everywhere, especially the grocery store. Some groceries are starting to get the message on how damaging plastic bags are to our environment. Dominicks, which is where we typically get our groceries, sell their own reusable bags. I’ve even purchased a few so that I could keep them in my car. Strack & Van Til, another grocery store we occasionally shop at, credits you a quarter for each reusable bag that you use at check out. Still, it’s obvious that the general population or most businesses haven’t caught on. A common reaction: “Are you sure you don’t want a bag?”

Well, it looks like Chicago is ready to do something about such wastefulness. Well, at least two aldermen are, as they are proposing an ordinance that would require any store that has five or more stores to provide not only reusable bags for sale, but also a recycle bin for used plastic bags. Hopefully, this will pass without any troubles. Here’s the full story. Also, check out the 45 comments sparked by the story.

Posted by Hayden on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 2:50 pm and filed under Random. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response.