There is still hope for the resource depleting and polluted world we live in as long as entities like the Acterra High Schools Group exist. Here’s a link to a refreshingly knowledgeable article about what the students are doing to battle the menace of plastic bags.

 
 
Paris will ban plastic throwaway bags this year.

Sturdy, light, convenient - and best of all free - plastic bags hardly seem to be in the same pollution league as earth-warming carbon dioxide emissions or toxic waste.

But experts say these disposable bags account for 8,000 tons of waste generated in Paris each year, at a cost [...]