Plastic bags free society - start from you

I try to bring my own reusable bags to the stores when I shop for groceries. Sometime I forgot to do so, then I will ask for paper bags if they have them.

Many countries have ban the use of plastic bags, I mean, no free bag. When I was in Europe, I saw everyone brough their own bags for groceries. As a tourist who obviously doesn't bring a reusable grocery bag, we'll have to pay for the plastic bag, unless we decided to carry the food with our hands.

It has been years that California wants to ban plastic bags but as usual, it is easier to say than do. AB 1998, is in the hands of our state legislatures, must pass out of the state senate by the end of August. The governor said he would gladly sign it into law. If passed, the law would ban single use plastic and other bags from many type of retail stores, such as supermarkets. In that case, if you forgot to bring your own bag, you can buy one for at least 5 cents. These paper bags are made from 40% post-consumer recycled content.

Some cities, such as Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach and LA County said they're ready to do so if the state didn't approve the law.

禁用塑料袋，我贊成

其實我一直都很贊成使用環保袋，只是有時上超時購物時，往往就是忘了自備環保袋，逼不得已要用店家的袋子。這種情況下，我會優先考慮使用他們的紙袋，如果只有塑料袋可用，也真的無可奈何了。

目前在參議會的AB 1998法案必須在八月底前獲得通過，州長阿諾已經表示只要參議會贊成，他會簽字。如果新法過關，那麼許多零售商店就不能再用塑料袋。未自備袋子的消費者，可以用每個至少5美分的價錢，購買紙袋，這些紙袋有40%的成份為環保再用原料。

台灣、歐洲多個國家等，早已經邁入必須自備環保袋的階段，只有美國這個老愛講民主自由，講人樣的國家，被政治因素影響，遲遲未能全面推行環保袋運動。不管怎樣，環保從我們自己隨手做起！