January 22, 2008Paper or plastic?What kinds of grocery bags do you prefer? I have a feeling we’ll see plastic bags gradually disappear from grocery checkout lines. Whole Foods, a grocery chain based in Texas, says that it’s doing away with plastic bags because they’re not safe for the environment. Instead, they will offer free paper bags, reusable sacks for 99 cents or canvas bags, ranging from $6.99 to $35. Here’s the article for more information. 
What other local examples of this have you noticed? |
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Comments
[January 22, 2008 4:44 PM]
G WarmingWeren't we told to switch from paper bags to plastic about 20 years ago so we would "save the trees"?
[January 22, 2008 4:54 PM]
Nona : →http://blogs.roanoke.com/thehappywag/Kroger sells reusable bags for .99 cents and insulated zippered bags for $1.99. They also have reusable, six-compartment bags for wine bottles.
[January 22, 2008 10:32 PM]
G WarmingDo people really buy that much wine that they reuse bags that hold six bottles at a time?
[January 22, 2008 11:29 PM]
gabeTo make all the bags we use each year, it takes 14 million trees for paper and 12 million barrels of oil for plastic. The production of paper bags creates 70 percent more air pollution than plastic, but plastic bags create four times the solid waste — enough to fill the Empire State Building two and a half times. And they can last up to a thousand years.
(from an NBC nightly news article - 2nd one down by doing a google search under "paper or plastic")
[January 23, 2008 7:52 AM]
Lady23bugI fear bringing roaches home in paper bags.
[January 23, 2008 9:53 AM]
Nona : →http://blogs.roanoke.com/thehappywag/G Warming: Yes, some people do buy that much wine. Not on every trip to the store, mind you, but we do buy wine. And we enjoy it very much.