“What is the one mass produced and used product that you wish to change or eliminate for good to make our environment greener and safer - ecoTrain Question Of The Week”

Plastic Bags.

Why, oh why oh why?

We have known for a long time that plastic bags are a bane on our environment, so why are are they still causing such a problem, especially in our oceans?

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And plastic in general, I know with food packaging this gets more difficult, but we can recycle, recycle, recycle.

We need to start reversing the damage we have done to our world and that means everyone needs to play their part.

This video is quite disturbing as it shows the what has killed this beautiful whale:

Yes, plastic bags...

It makes me so angry.

There are so many alternatives available, from bags for life, paper bags to homemade ones.

You can even make bags for life, blankets, purses etc out of plastic bags by plarning them:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Recycle-Plastic-Shopping-Bags-into-Yarn/

Not into crocheting?

No problem.

Find an old t-shirt, cut the sleeves off, turn it inside out, tie the bottom of it into a knot and turn it back the right way around.

Instant bag.

Or something that lasts a little longer - still involves tying knots and t-shirts..

Easy Peasy.

So many alternatives.

NO MORE PLASTIC BAGS PLEASE!