Filipino Celebrities use straw bag to shop

"The plastic invasion of the Filipino culture and society must end." Yeah! According to this, 76% of the waste in Manila Bay is plastic:

Filipino Celebrities use straw bag to shop

Sept. 4, 2006
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/metroregions/view_article.php?article_id=18928
By Blanche Rivera, Inquirer, Quezon City, Phillippines

CELEBRITIES gave grocery shopping a twist on Monday as they declined plastic bags at the supermarket and instead brought out "bayong" or straw bags and cloth bags to carry their goods...