Enviropost!

[jan_andrea]

Pledge to use cloth bags for a month instead of plastic :) Sign up and get 20% off at www.reusablebags.com -- they have a lot of terrific stuff, including my awesome market basket that I always get compliments on! Most grocery stores sell reusable bags for $1-2 each if you don't already have a stash, or you can check out directions to make your own if you sew. (I have directions on my own site too.) In the interests of full disclosure, I use my cloth bags 95% of the time... the other 5% is for when we're totally out of plastic bags at home, and DH likes to use them to line the kitchen trash basket... or when I forget to grab one from the trunk when I'm shopping. I hate using them at all, but at least the ones we reuse end up "merely" in the landfill and not blowing all over the landscape like so many.

Comments

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's an amazing reduction! I wish they'd do it here, but I'm sure Joe Average Consumer would be completely up in arms over the unfairness of it all :P

[iuil.livejournal.com]

There were complaints here too - I still remember one old biddy being interviewed on the News saying it was a disgrace, she was just going to re-use her old bags and that would show the Government. Kind of missing the point really :-).

The levy goes towards promoting environmental awareness, it doesn't just straight into government coffers. Usage has increased slightly again but it's very rare to see loose plastic bags floating around in rivers or in trees whereas before they were very commonplace.