Greening Up by Cutting Down on Plastic Bags
6th August 2007
NYT. I don’t know where these guys shop, but if you hit Wal-Mart or Kroger you get plastic whether you want it or not. Why? Because plastic is thin and strong and easier to store and use for its weight – same reason stuff is made out of metal rather than wood. And it’s cheaper; and in the absence of laws making people do things the government way instead of their way, cheaper wins.
If they were to come up with some way to process and recycle common plastic bags, they wouldn’t need all of this bureaucracy. Hey, maybe that’s why they haven’t…?