Plastic Solutions

What are some solutions? Well, the obvious solution is to use other recyclable materials rather than plastic. Another effective solution is for grocery stores to stop using plastic bags altogether. Instead they can sell reusable bags for a small fee. Now, this might sound extremely obnoxious, but after talking to a fellow Canadian friend she said that it only took a couple of times forgetting her bags and having to buy new ones before she started always remembering. As long as we make bringing your own bags, (or maybe even cups in the future), a habit than we won't think twice about having to "lug" around bags or water bottles. I think the key to cutting our consumption is to encourage habits of bringing our own cups, bags, etc. so that we do not have to have a constant disposable supply on hand.