San Francisco bans plastic bags

San Francisco has become the first US city banning the use of plastic bags made from petroleum products from large supermarkets and drugstores. By taking this environemtal stance, San Francisco will be helping to save 450,000 gallons of oil a year not to mention take a huge cut out of the amount of bags sent to landfills each year (about 1,400 tons!). Recycled palstic bags however will still be available for use. Hopefully this will intrigue other major cities to follow suit and ban plastic bags as well. We are still awaiting Mayor Newsom's signature of approval, but signs look good for the thumbs up. To read more on this issue, check out the cnn article, or for more facts on plastic, check out the Clean Paper Bag Co.

And remember, if you do have plastic shopping bags, reuse them! Check out how target has reminded their consumers to reuse their store's bags.