Plastic Bags

Normally, when you go to the grocery store, you come back with the thing you bought inside plastic bags. Right?

The problem is that by the end of the year, millions of bags were used when they didn’t need to be used.

Why?

Because plastic bags are reusable. They can be washed and used over and over.

Some supermarkets force their clients to buy plastic bags.

A lot of people think that that is just to make more money, but it isn’t: it’s to save the environment!

Nowadays, plastic bags are “recyclable”, but not all are biodegradable, which means that they don’t “disappear” from the Nature.

Did you know that the ink used on plastic bags contains heavy toxic metal?

So, when plastic bags are burned, they release dangerous gases that pollute the atmosphere.

So, how do we solve the problem?

First, reuse plastic bags. If each and every one of us spent minus one plastic bag (than the regular amount) every month, we would be saving hundreds of thousands of bags.

Second, do we really need to take the grocery shopping in plastic bags provided by the supermarkets? Isn’t it easier to just simply take a bunch from home?

And how about when we do several shopping in several stores and each gives us their own bags for each thing? In these cases, we can check if what we bought fits in another bag and spare taking one more, never forgetting to be polite and appreciate the offer (even though it’s just to spread their brand), but knowing that preserving the environment is much more important!

Always remember: bring a strong and reusable bag from home when you go shopping is by far the best solution and the friendliest to the environment.

Posted by: João Malaquias