No Plastic Bag Day

I was buying groceries recently at a major supermarket and noticed their "No Plastic Bag Day" campaign. Every Saturday, customers have to bring their own bags to pack their purchases. The campaign aim to educate consumers to use recyclable eco-friendly bags instead of plastic bags to pack their purchases. It is hoped that in future the usage of the non-biodegradable plastic bags could be minimised as consumers become aware of the damage to the environment caused by the plastic bags. Did you know that plastic bags do not readily break down in the environment? Scientist have estimated that the time it takes them to decompose range from 20 to 1000 years.

I totally support the supermarket's initiative because every little bit counts. However, if you were to look at the products on the supermarket shelves, almost everything is plastic wrapped from rice to oil to bread to soap. Ironic, isn't it?

I remember in the old days we use to get brown paper bags to wrap up our groceries. We even bring our own glass bottles to fill up our coconut oil & kerosene. A lot of the stuff was packed in cans, gunny sacks, paper bags or boxes and glass bottles...all biodegradable material, now everything is packed in plastics...

For a GREENER EARTH