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Supermarket Chain Bans the Bag
If we're not careful, people a thousand years from now will be mad at us. Why? Plastic. The plastic bags we use and throw away could take a thousand years to finally break down. That's a lot of trash, and a lot of years. That's why Whole Foods, a chain of grocery stores, is giving up on disposable plastic bags. Customers will have a choice between paper bags and reusable ones. The changeover should be completely in place by Earth Day which is April 22nd.
Whole Foods decision is part of a growing trend. The New York City Council passed a bill that requires stores to recycle disposable plastic bags. New Yorkers use a billion bags a year. That comes out to tons and tons of trash. The stores of New York could even make money by selling those bags to plastic recyclers for a hundred dollars a ton.
Whole Foods is using recycled plastic to make stronger bags that can be reused. The bags cost 99 cents. Shoppers can bring their own bags or buy some for their groceries. If the bags aren't free, then maybe people will use better bags more often. A strong bag can be reused thousands of times. Then we can carry our food home without filling the planet with garbage that will last a really, really long time.
I'm Adelbert and that's what happened in Science this week!
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