I just saw a post that I loved on the InterDependence Project’s blog (click here!). It had a video of the Santa Monica city council. A Plastic Bag Monster shows up to plead his case! Watch it below:
A little more history on plastic bag usage after the jump!
Santa Monica isn’t the first to address the pollution and environmental destruction that plastic bags (which never decompose) create.
Just last Earth Day, April 22, Whole Foods stopped offering plastic bags at its stores. (Read the article about Whole Foods at Green Daily.)
But before that, in November of 2007, San Francisco banned plastic bags from large supermarkets. (Read the article about S.F. from the San Francisco Chronicle.)
And years before San Fran, in 2002, Ireland passed a tax on plastic bags everywhere. In just a few weeks after the law was passed, 94% of shoppers decided 33 cents for ONE plastic bag (not the 3 or 4 you need for all your groceries) wasn’t worth it. There is an NY Times article that gives lots more interesting (¡and important!) information that I can summarize, or you can just read it.
Oh, and for a visual, here is an illustration of the two huge patches of plastic rubbish floating out in the Pacific. And that’s just what’s in our water.
There’s lots more in our land.
So, it makes me very happy to find out about Santa Monica and the ID Project!
1 Comment
June 26, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Good stuff. Keep up with the I.D. Project. We’re trying to build a great community…peace