Wednesday, March 28, 2007

180 million bags

So, I just learned that San Francisco has banned plastic bags from major supermarkets and pharmacies. This is great news. They are going to replace petroleum based bags with biodegradable plastic and paper. The most amazing tidbit in the article is that the grocers association let lit slip that they use 180 million plastic bags a year. Wow. This is just in America. Grocery stores have 6 months to comply and pharmacies have a year. So why does it take a year to put different bags by the check out counters?

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