Enviro costs of paper & plastic

This is from the Village Green blogger in Akron Ohio again. She/he has included some interesting statistics from the New England EPA about paper bags:

Lots of Luck

December 02, 2006

http://longlivethevillagegreen.blogspot.com/2006/12/paper-or-plastic.html

Long Live the Village Green Blog, Akron, Ohio

Shopping today at a Tops Store, now holding going out of business sales at various locations, I had with me my cloth shopping bags. So when the clerk began to bag up my groceries without asking, "paper or plastic?" -- I stopped her by saying -- "I brought my own bags, I'm trying to save the planet."She gave me a disgusted look and said, "Lots of luck," then turned her back on me and swaggered away like I was some kind of nut...

Shopping in Akron

This is from a green blogger in the midwest. It's these kinds of small actions from regular folks, putting pressure on stores, corporations, city governments, that is making a difference:

Shopping with bags in Akron

Sunday, November 19, 2006
http://longlivethevillagegreen.blogspot.com/2006/11/shopping-with-bags-in-akron.html
Village Green Blog, Akron , Ohio

Recycling, in order to be effective, has to become an everyday routine. Take shopping, for example. When I remember to return my shopping bags to my vehicle, they are there to be used whenever I stop for groceries or books or any other items I might buy...

and here's today's entry with a follow up:
http://longlivethevillagegreen.blogspot.com/2006/11/acme-responds.html