By Sarah Truckey
Everyone seems to be talking about reusing water bottles and tin cans that contain toxins and those little six-pack plastic thingies killing ducks in the rivers, but my biggest concern of late is something else entirely: plastic bags.
At a wedding last summer, I ran into a friend’s father who manages one of the larger groceries in the area. I sat down at his table and asked him fairly bluntly why his store doesn’t start charging for each of the store’s bags a customer uses.
He was dumbfounded.
To most Americans, and to someone working for a large corporation, this idea, while familiar to many Europeans, sounds ludicrous.
But think about it. Think about how many people would exit the store juggling their goods. Or how many people would think ahead of time and bring their own bags (even though the employees at any local grocery store will give you a cold glare when you walk in with your thrice-used sack from a discount department store with the intention of bagging your own goods).
If you wanna save the world, BYOB.
