End the Plastic Bag!

Multiple “left-leaning” cities in America have taken steps toward saving the environment through the implementation of plastic bag bans. In 2007, San Francisco became the first US city to ban the use of plastic grocery bags in large supermarket and pharmacy chains. Since then, cities like Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington have followed suit. As of June 18, 2013, Los Angeles, California has become the largest American city to approve an anti-plastic-bag ordinance that applies well beyond the typical realm of food stores and mini-marts.

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Reusable bags are everywhere!!!!

As far as the eye can see, everyone is using and carrying eco friendly reusable shopping bags.  Grocery stores sell them, companies offer them as giveaways and you can buy them with logos from your favorite sports team, university and just plain canvas ones.  Spirits stores have taken the bag a step further and offer specialty bags, sewn to carry 2, 4, or even 6 wine bottles.  And who can forget about the insulated bag, great for grocery trips and picnics.

 It’s not hard to help save the planet while looking fashionable at the same time.  At a negligible cost, these type of bags go a lot further a lot longer than the few dollars you spent buying them.  So where’s the downside?  That’s a great question!  When we find the answer certainly that will be the day….