Lets talk about something basic...

KEEP OUR PLANET BEAUTIFUL!

We are all victim to convenience, which gives the plastic bag a stronghold on our economy. We need to break out of the habit of saying yes to a plastic bag at every stop in a grocery store or 7-11.

Here is some info on the matter I intend on sending out to some local retail stores and what not;

Dear management,

I am writing to you in regards of the issue of over and unneeded use of plastic bags.

Your company has hundreds of costomers in and out of your store every day in this town alone. The number of plastic bags that leave your store has an enormous downfall on our environment and wildlife habitat within our community and in our surrounding waters.

There have been estimates saying that the plastic bag is the single most omnipresent consumer item on Earth, numbering in the trillions. They're made from petroleum or natural gas with all the environmental impacts of harvesting fossil fuels. One recent study found that the inks and colorants used on some bags contain lead.

Every year, 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away by Canadians after they've been used to transport a prescription home from the drugstore or a quart of milk from the grocery store. It's equivalent to dumping nearly 12 million barrels of oil.

THE PROBLEM

Plastic bags are:

* Non-biodegradable
* Made from petroleum (a non-renewable resource).
* A serious litter problem.
* Mistaken for food by marine animals
* One of the most numerous items of litter
* A major part of waste in our landfills.

THE SOLUTION

You have already made reusable cloth bags available for your costumers, which is increasingly popular but still trumped by the use of plastic bags. There are other ways to naturally compose environmentally friendly bags in this case; cornstarch and soy being a few options of the alternative.

Sponsoring community a clean-up is another way to reach out to your costumers and promote a strong message of caring. Reaching out to elementary schools to partake in this kind of activity would be very beneficial to raise awareness of this problem.

I urge you to consider switching to the still very durable and affordable paper bag option or another organic alternative for your costomers, and give up the use of unnecessary plastic bags.
Ultimately though, the best option is to still promote the use of reusable cloth bags

Thank you for your time and attention,
Respectfully yours,


Melissa Pick