The World is now facing a very serious environmental problem which is global warming. As an individual we should ask ourself what can we do to help in making this world a better place to live in. Technology is very good but the creation of plastic shopping bag has become our major problem. Just look around and you will be able to see our rivers, beaches, sea,drainages and our land are full with plastic bag.
Why can't we stop the use of this plastic bag? Is it difficult to use something reusable bags for shopping? Do you feel happy our environment is being polluted with plastic bag? I am not happy about it. And this is why I have this blog. I want to share with you my unhappiness. I want to share with you the reason why we should change our attitude.
Some of you will probably will say" hey.. look even my president is using plastic bag for shopping". Well, so if your president is stupid and ignorant about our environment and you want to be as stupid and ignorant like him as well? Next time if you see him shopping with plastic bag at his hand you better take picture and put it on the internet. Get him down in the next election.
I know certain country has taken some initiative in banning the use of plastic bag. In America plastic bag is being banned in certain establishment in San Francisco, designer are stepping up and offering an alternative, reusable environmentally friendly shopping bags. These bags priced from as low as $1 and as high as $1200 are becoming the rage of the year, in fact people are standing in line waiting for Wholefoods to open to get their own designer bags by Anya Hindmarch. Labeled on the bag "I'm not a plastic bag" was priced at $15 but has been sold on ebay for as much as $800. Designers Stella McCartney, Castiglioni and Hermes also have created environmentally friendly shopping bags, priced at $495 (Stella McCartney, made from organic cotton canvas), $843 (Castiglioni) and $960 for a Hermes bag. It's obviously expensive to be green but there are cheaper options. Yes there are cheaper options. Just that it's all up to you to change your mindset.
Since the ban on plastic in San Francisco, Fashion-Incubator held a contest on designing an environmentally friendly shopping bag. The very first entry was a t-shirt bag (for link see below) which can easily made by anyone who has an old t-shirt. There is also 'Trader Joe' for $1.99 as well as many grocery stores are offering their own bags for as little as $1. There may be a price to being green but I think the price is worth paying for, look at these plastic bag stats from the San Francisco Chronicle:
This is some facts about plastic bag in San Francisco and the world. If you go to any developing country their rivers,sea almost everything is polluted with plastic bag.
180 million: Roughly the number of plastic shopping bags distributed in San Francisco each year.
4 trillion to 5 trillion: Number of non-degradable plastic bags used worldwide annually.
430,000 gallons: Amount of oil needed to produce only 100 million non-degradable plastic bags
The point is you don't have to go broke to be fashionable and you can feel good about saving our environment too. I know it is hard but I want to make some contribution by having this blog to reach as many people as possible to educate them not to use plastic bag anymore in their daily shopping. Help me spread the words let make the earth a better place to live in.
Why can't we stop the use of this plastic bag? Is it difficult to use something reusable bags for shopping? Do you feel happy our environment is being polluted with plastic bag? I am not happy about it. And this is why I have this blog. I want to share with you my unhappiness. I want to share with you the reason why we should change our attitude.
Some of you will probably will say" hey.. look even my president is using plastic bag for shopping". Well, so if your president is stupid and ignorant about our environment and you want to be as stupid and ignorant like him as well? Next time if you see him shopping with plastic bag at his hand you better take picture and put it on the internet. Get him down in the next election.
I know certain country has taken some initiative in banning the use of plastic bag. In America plastic bag is being banned in certain establishment in San Francisco, designer are stepping up and offering an alternative, reusable environmentally friendly shopping bags. These bags priced from as low as $1 and as high as $1200 are becoming the rage of the year, in fact people are standing in line waiting for Wholefoods to open to get their own designer bags by Anya Hindmarch. Labeled on the bag "I'm not a plastic bag" was priced at $15 but has been sold on ebay for as much as $800. Designers Stella McCartney, Castiglioni and Hermes also have created environmentally friendly shopping bags, priced at $495 (Stella McCartney, made from organic cotton canvas), $843 (Castiglioni) and $960 for a Hermes bag. It's obviously expensive to be green but there are cheaper options. Yes there are cheaper options. Just that it's all up to you to change your mindset.
Since the ban on plastic in San Francisco, Fashion-Incubator held a contest on designing an environmentally friendly shopping bag. The very first entry was a t-shirt bag (for link see below) which can easily made by anyone who has an old t-shirt. There is also 'Trader Joe' for $1.99 as well as many grocery stores are offering their own bags for as little as $1. There may be a price to being green but I think the price is worth paying for, look at these plastic bag stats from the San Francisco Chronicle:
This is some facts about plastic bag in San Francisco and the world. If you go to any developing country their rivers,sea almost everything is polluted with plastic bag.
180 million: Roughly the number of plastic shopping bags distributed in San Francisco each year.
4 trillion to 5 trillion: Number of non-degradable plastic bags used worldwide annually.
430,000 gallons: Amount of oil needed to produce only 100 million non-degradable plastic bags
The point is you don't have to go broke to be fashionable and you can feel good about saving our environment too. I know it is hard but I want to make some contribution by having this blog to reach as many people as possible to educate them not to use plastic bag anymore in their daily shopping. Help me spread the words let make the earth a better place to live in.
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