Million a Minute
Posted on August 17, 2004 in misc.
I was at a hip grocery store in the East Bay today. In the express lane, I noticed two guys in front of me put their groceries into their backpacks.
First thought -- only in Berkeley! Second thought -- I wonder how many bags could be saved if we all did that? Turns out ...
Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are now consumed worldwide. That's comes out to over one million per minute! But ... Ireland has reduced plastic shopping bag consumption by over 90% since the PlasTax was implemented in March 2002.
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