Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Kick your Plastic Bag Habit - here's how!

I'm pleased to announce that my first article is up at Hugg.ca:

You've heard it all already - how plastic bags are used for an average of 7 minutes then discarded. How they take thousands barrels of petroleum a year to make. How they end up in landfills to slowly disintegrate over hundreds of years. You have in fact heard all that, I'm sure.

So how to go from knowing plastic bags are a drag, to actually decreasing your use of plastic bags? Everyone tries, but I'm sure everyone can think of a time they ended up at the checkout reusable-bag free. Here's a few tips on the easiest ways to eliminate (or at least massively decrease) your bag usage.

Click through to read the full article!

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