salon.com — On a foggy Tuesday morning, kids out of school for summer break are learning to sail on the waters of Lake Merritt. A great egret hunts for fish, while dozens of cormorants perch, drying their wings. But we're not here to bird-watch or go boating. Twice a week volunteers with the Lake Merritt Institute gather trash out of the waters.
Aug 10, 2007 View in Crawl 4
analbumcover96Aug 10, 2007
As Dell says on there plastic bags <a class="user" href="http://www.typophile.com/files/mr_choke_3640.jpg">http://www.typophile.com/files/mr_choke_3640.jpg</a>
vegangAug 10, 2007
I did that yesterday. I was tired of having a bag collection.
doyadiggAug 10, 2007
When you use paper, it means a tree was planted, lived for years, removed CO2 and other pollutants from the air and, and eventually was turned into paper. Using paper creates the demand for more trees. I'll repeat that: more demand for paper = more demand for new trees. And where do you get this environmental footprint? Is this your "feeling"?
irvines2kAug 10, 2007
If you haven't already, pick up a few of those black re-usable grocery bags from Ralph's/Kroger's. (Any other supermarket chains have anything similar yet?) They give you a tiny discount on each purchase when you bring in your own bags instead of using their plastic/paper bags. The discount isn't the point though, of course. :-)
doubsAug 11, 2007
personally i think that countries across the world should follow the lead of the Irish government and introduce a plastic bag tax/levy. it was introduced here (in Ireland) a few years ago and the charge of 15c per bag has reduced plastic bag use by something like 98%. I worked in a small store for a while and you'd be amazed at how many people would ask for a bag, hear about the tax, and decide to carry their stuff.
blizzardiceAug 11, 2007
Circle of life.
joe18Aug 13, 2007
Instead of buying 'reusable' cloth bags, simply reuse the plastic bags.