http://betterthanblank.disqus.com/enMon, 21 Jan 2008 17:04:18 -0000http://betterthanblank.org/going-green-grocery-shopping/#comment-3650404<p>You been watching Oprah?</p>ericMon, 21 Jan 2008 17:04:18 -0000http://betterthanblank.org/going-green-grocery-shopping/#comment-3650403<p>Glad to see your thinking 'green'. Plastic bags are a horrible burden. Check this out:</p><p>Plastic bags start as crude oil, natural gas, or other petrochemical derivatives, which are transformed into chains of hydrogen and carbon molecules known as polymers or polymer resin.</p><p>North America and Western Europe account for nearly 80 percent of plastic bag use—though the bags are increasingly common in developing countries as well.</p><p>Each year, Americans throw away some 100 billion polyethylene plastic bags. (Only 0.6 percent of plastic bags are recycled.)</p>John WoolseyThu, 17 Jan 2008 22:19:59 -0000