While grocery retailer Loblaws should get kudos for trying to be more green by, among other things, encouraging people to buy reusable bags for 99 cents, what about the idea of recycling or, heaven forbid, get rid plastic bags altogether. You figure with all the “green” technology being developed, someone would come up with a bio-degradeable plastic bag, and that large grocery retailers would champion their use. It’s good to see more businesses become more environmentally-conscious but there’s so much more they could do.
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The best way to be green is just to buy less. Our over consumption is what is killing this world.
Loblaws among other retailers have almost completely locked out local farmers who used to be able to provide their wares through the ‘back door’. Now many of these farmers (Southern Ontario being a perfect example) are selling their land to developers as they can’t make a living (local markets are helping but it’s not enough). And we in turn become more and more dependant on imports of foods from far away distances (thus being impacted by Global warming, energy crisis etc.)
While I don’t disagree with you about biodegradable options, plastic bags are the least of our worries.
For the past month or so, I’ve been turning down the offer of a bag for every trip to any store. It’s surprising how pretty much every store offers up a plastic bag, even if all you’re buying is a box of Altoids.
Leigh,
You raise an excellent point about buying local. For all the buzz about going organic, you wonder whether it makes more sense to be buying an organic mango from South America vs. buying non-organic apples from an orchard in southern Ontario.