Graphic Design + Green Topics

For those of us who don’t live and shop in San Francisco we’re still offered plastic bags when we shop. Let me correct that. Often the checker doesn’t offer a bag — s/he presumes to put my merchandise in a bag without even asking. Then I have to make a big fuss about taking the merchandise out of the bag I didn’t want in the first place.

My plastic bag aversion is obvious if I manage to show up at the checkstand with my reusable bag, but I don’t always remember to bring it. Sometimes I choose not to bring it because I’m not going to buy a lot of items anyway.

If I can carry it to the counter in my arms, I can carry it away from the store the same way! Please, if you’re like me and forget to bring (or choose not to bring) a reusable bag when you go shopping, don’t accept the plastic bag.

Resources:
Algalita Marine Research Foundation: www.algalita.org
Buy reusable bags: www.reusablebags.com
Recycle plastic bags: www.plasticbagrecycling.org/01.0/s01.1.
One of many articles on the ‘net with facts & figures: www.alternet.org/environment
Animation of the North Pacific Gyre, showing ocean currents and where plastic bags go:
oceans.greenpeace.org/en/the-expedition/news/trashing-our-oceans/ocean_pollution_animation