Earth Day at Monroe News
Posted on 22 April 2007 under Food In The News, Shopping
Before heading to the hospital to see my Briahna, who has early appendicitis and will probably have surgery later today, I want to point out a couple articles on the Monroe News web site. On this Earth Day 2007, Monroe News staffer Stephanie Ariganello asks the common question, “Paper or Plastic?“, and then delves in deep as to what that means outside the grocery store and your home. And in a related article, you can learn how plastic bags are under attack around the world.
They do mention the use of canvas bags instead of paper or plastic for your shopping. While not mentioned in these articles, Whole Foods Markets have championed this cause for quite some time. In fact, some stores have a Reusable Bag Giveaway today. For example, from the calendar for their store in Fairfax, Virginia:
Saturday & Sunday, April 21st & 22nd
Reusable Bag Giveaway
10:00 a.m.
Happy Earth Day! We love this time of the year, and to celebrate we’ll give away reusable bags throughout the weekend! Spend more than $40 and you’ll be regaled with a free reusable Earth Day bag. Don’t forget — every time you use your reusable shopping bags we’ll credit you with 5 cents per bag. See, an estimated 12 million barrels of oil is required to support the number of plastic bags the U.S. goes through every year, according to the Wall Street Journal. By using a reusable bag, you have the potential to eliminate that need dramatically! Get a bag while supplies last.
Unfortunately, the calendar for the Ann Arbor store doesn’t show such an event. I wonder why that is …
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23 April 2007 @ 7:47 am Posted by Jill Kaiser
Dave how is Briahna doing now?? I will pray for her to get better.