No more plastic bags on Hawaii. What wonderful news! Plastic bags have a way of escaping from the consumer and ending up in trees, sewer drains, and in Hawaii, in the ocean. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Pacific Gyre? ( that’s just one of them). It’s a floating garbage patch filled with plastic that’s the size of TEXAS!!

Hawaiian waste (and from other places) ends up floating there. Unfortunate sea creatures and birds mistake these floating plastic bags for food and eat them. Plastic bags are not digestible, and end up killing the creatures.

These killer plastic bags are called ghost bags. Because after the animal’s carcass has biodegraded, the plastic bag still lives to kill again. All this because of human laziness.

What excuse can you make to take a plastic bag from store? If you forgot, or made a stop that you didn’t expect, you could just as easily put your items directly into your car, where you have your bags, or a box to bring the stuff into your home/office. Alright, maybe if you have some leaky chicken, a plastic bag is an acceptable choice. But you COULD rinse it out, and reuse it for the same purpose again.

I went into a store yesterday, and happened to park next to a Prius. (yes I also have one). I peered into the window, and what did I see: A bag seat filled with groceries in plastic bags. That person was trying to save oil (which is used to make plastics) and then using plastic bags. It was nonsensical.

Make a commitment to bring your own bags!  The bag in the photo is an organic, made in the US cotton bag, with extra long straps. It’s great for carrying on your shoulder. It has a gusset, so it expands, and can hold a LOT of heavy groceries!  You can buy it by clicking here! It’s a great gift for your Green friends!

And remember, those polypropelene bags are made from plastic. Even though they may last a little longer, they are still going into a landfill where they will only photo degrade, leaving plastic residue that will eventually be eaten by the smallest creatures in the food chain. Eventually, it will get into your system, because we are an interconnected web of life. BRING your OWN Bag!

Everyday SHOULD be Earth Day. I mean, what is the BIG deal about bringing your own reusable shopping bags to the store instead of getting those lousy plastic bags? Just look around at the garbage on the side of the roads. It’s mostly plastic bags (and other awful things like cigarette butts and big gulp drinks filled with sugar). Plastic bags even get stuck in the trees!

Look, if you forget to bring your bags, you can have a built in reminder system! Have you child decorate “THEIR” bags with a message about protecting the planet, and then THEY will remind you to bring the bags! This is a terrific gift for the child in your life for Earth Day, or any other day! Or maybe YOU want to release your inner artist? Then we have the perfect solution for you! Decorate our terrific Organic Cotton, Fair Trade bags with non-toxic fabric paint pens. Put you message on the bag! It’s called the Kid’s Kit To Save The Planet From Plastic Bags. It comes with an educational booklet, perfect for Earth Day! Maybe you’ll learn something too!

Remember, you can’t throw plastic “away”. It NEVER biodegrades; only photodegrades into smaller and smaller pieces. And those nasty pieces are eaten by smaller and smaller animals, and making it’s way UP the food chain – eventually into YOUR body!  And think of those beautiful and precious trees that you are having destroyed because you “forgot” your bag!

You can’t throw plastic away! And where is “away” anyway? Get Reusable Organic Biodegradable Bags- and USE them!

Don’t you have a good feeling when you see other people making the effort to bring reusable grocery bags to the store? Honestly, when I see people walking out into theparking lot with loads of plastic bags I wonder: HOW could they be so lazy?