Canvas Bags Vs Plastic Or Paper Grocery Bags

Our family owns and operates a company whichThe Boston city council wants to ban the use of
produces and sells canvas bags for grocery shopping.plastic shopping bags in supermarkets, pharmacies
It is a well known fact that plastic has and willand convenience stores in the city. Senator Brian A.
continue to have severe consequences when toJoyce is drawing up plans to file a bill proposing a
comes to our environment.statewide law that would charge store customers a
It takes 1-20 year old tree to make 700 paper bags.fee if they elect plastic over other kinds of bags. If
Plastic bags are made from a non-renewable naturalthe bill passed, they would start at 2 cents per bag in
resource-petroleum so they don't biodegrade. Plastic2008 and gradually increase to 15 cents per bag in
photodegrades which is the process of breaking thethe seventh year. The revenue would go toward the
plastic down into smaller and smaller toxic bitsstate's recycling programs and toward improving
contaminating soil and waterways. Each year, anconsumer awareness of environmental problems
estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags arecaused by plastic bags.
consumed worldwide. Billions of these bags end up asIreland has decreased plastic bag consumption by
litter each year. The average family accumulates 60placing a consumer tax on plastic bags. Perhaps the
plastic bags in only four trips to the grocery store.most strict plastic bag regulations are found in the
San Francisco's city council passed an ordinanceIndian providence of Himachal Pradesh, where people
banning the use of plastic bags in March-2007. Thecaught with plastic bags are fined $2,000.
city, which has a population of approximatelyIf we all do our part in the fight for a better
752,000, estimates that it generates 1,400 tons ofenvironment we can make a difference-every little
plastic bag waste each year.bit has great impact in the long run!