At Sailors on a Mission we applaud Whole Foods Market for taking the lead about eliminating disposable plastic grocery bags at checkouts.  They estimate it will keep 100 million new plastic grocery bags out of our environment between Earth Day (April 22nd) and the end of this year alone.  They're telling their customers to 'reuse!'.  Just plain common sense... we like that very much.   We hope consumers will fully support their action so it can show the way to other major retailers.

If you need to be convinced click on 'Read more...' below.

Plastic Grocery Bag Facts

• When they are discarded, often after one use, plastic bags fill landfills, clog our sewers, pollute our rivers and lakes, threaten our wildlife, and litter our roadsides and communities.
• Each bag shoppers bring in to use has the potential to eliminate an average of 1,000 plastic bags over its lifetime.
• Americans throw away about 100 billion plastic bags annually, and only 0.6 percent of them are recycled.
• Plastic bags not only endanger wildlife by polluting land and water but also pose an environmental threat, as it takes more than 1,000 years for a plastic bag to break down in a landfill.
• Countries that have introduced bans or taxes on non-biodegradable, petroleum-based plastic bags include Ireland, Italy, Australia and South Africa.

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