spotted towhee

San Francisco has passed an ordinance that will ban petro-based plastic bags from being distibuted at businesses. I suggest that our city council consider adopting an ordinance similar to San Francisco's that reduces pollution and dependence on petroleum based products by requiring environmentally friendly bags to be used in our city.
IKEA has made a bold environmental statement by charging for their plastic bags in an effort to encourage customers to bring their own bags and curb waste. I think it is time our city take the lead in the northwest and require compostable bags or renewable material bags (paper or natural fibers) to be given out at stores here as an option to bringing your own bag while shopping.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai has taken the lead in Kenya to ban plastic bags there in an effort to curb a vast pollution and related health problem.
Waste can be reduced for our landfills and our environment can become cleaner without discarded plastic bags floating around endlessly. As those bags end up in our natural areas they pose a danger to endemic wildlife. Please encourage your council members to take a bold move towards a greener future and reduce waste.
just finished my new grocery bag. it's made out of a weird crinkly fabric, with cotton embellishments, that is quilted with cotton batting sandwiched inside to give it some body. this was a fun quilting project, on a reasonable scale, after doing that monster quilt.
grocery bags can be more than utilitarian. they can be a fashion accessory.