Cities Take Up the “Ban the Bag” Fight. No More Plastic Bags!

plastic garbage in the ocean

plastic garbage on a beach

Why new policies across the nation could mean the end of plastic bags.
     
"Disposable shopping bags are a significant source of plastic pollution in the oceans, where scientists have identified five huge gyres of “plastic soup.” “We’ve reached a tipping point where we can’t keep up with the stuff that’s in the ocean...”

Cities Take Up the “Ban the Bag” Fight by Rebecca Leisher — YES! Magazine


And if you're wondering what to use instead of plastic bags when you go shopping check out this wonderful idea; the cloth shopping bag that you make from fabric and then give away to others to use instead of harmful plastic bags. Pattern included:

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plastic garbage in the Pacific ocean

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