response to blog #2

It is indeed really sad to see the lift on the ban of the single use plastic bag go. I do however think people are more aware with the circumstances that come with using these plastic bags. When this ban was first admitted it created self awareness for people to now carry reusable bags to not harm our environment, the place that we should cradle with love because it is our only home. More people shop now with reusable bags not only when it comes down to getting groceries but also just normal retail shopping. If we continue this self awareness it will help reduce waste and continue to protect our environment even without the ban.

THE BIG BAG BAN

So what was the bag ban again? just as it sounds, the ACT on November 11, 2011 banned plastic bag use in most retailers and grocery stores in Austin. Single use plastic shopping bags litter and harm our environment as well as our animals. Most plastic bags end up in landfills or in waterway and oceans. In the past five years in order to conserve our environment retailers such as HEB and Walmart have handed out 200 million fewer plastic bags each year. So where did the ban go? and why are retailers handing out plastic bags out again? Austin announced that it will no longer enforce this ban. The whole purpose of this ban in the first place was to protect our environment, without it people become forgetful and see no harm in littering or wasting plastic. "The bags kill animals, impede flood control and blight the landscape" - Justice Eva Guzman. It may seem like nothing but if we all work together we can all help protect our planet, by keeping the bag ban consistent.