What a guy. He saw the problem coming back in 1970. But so many governments haven’t seen it yet! Read what he said back then:

“And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: “Look at this Godawful mess.” -Art Buchwald, 1970

People who use plastic bags to take their shopping home never get to see how big the problem is. A couple of plastic bags appear so innocuous. But the staggering numbers we use have made it a problem of pressing concern.

Granted, there are many problems we have to address and this is just one of them.

The difference is this one has an easy solution. Reusable cloth bags are the solution. Tax plastic bags and the problem disappears.

Don’t believe me? Ask Ireland. They introduced a tax and plastic bag usage fell 90% in one year. And no, the Irish didn’t stop shopping. They just carried reusable bags when they went shopping.

Stumble it!