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May 2009 
Re: Paper or Plastic? Neither!
Posted on Apr 27th, 2008
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~C4Chaos
~C4Chaos
In anticipation of the plastic shopping bag tax here in Seattle, I just bought two re-usable bags from ChicoBag for our household use. The plastic shopping bags tax is still a proposal, but I'm looking forward to its approval and implementation next year. So I might as well change my habits early.
Why am I confident that the proposal will pass here in the Emerald City? First, there's already a successful precedent in Ireland.
"A tax on plastic shopping bags in the Republic of Ireland has cut their use by more than 90% and raised millions of euros in revenue, the government says."[see Irish bag tax hailed success]
Second, we're so addicted to plastic bags that we don't notice it anymore. So here's artist/photographer Chris Jordan reminding us of our plastic bags consumption.
And third, if China is doing it, what's our excuse?
A greener China bans free plastic bags - 10 Jan 08
Some people are already complaining that if they stop using plastic bags for groceries then they won't have anything to use for cleaning after their pets' poop. Nonsense. I suggest re-using the clear biodegradable plastics used for bagging vegetables and fruits in the grocery, at least for now.
Looking forward to the arrival of my re-usable bags and curing my mild plastic bag addiction. I got one in Gaia purple :)
Access: PublicTagged with: Earth Day, Earth Week, ChicoBag, re-usable bags, plastic bags, Seattle, environment, green
maybe a self help group - PBA (plasitic baggers anonymous)? For those of us who need the peer support.
I like the title of your post. I have a reusuable black grocery bag that says the same thing! I always get comments from the baggers saying they like the message.
FYI, the shopping bag fee proposal just got approved! nice.
~C