Posted by
Katy Grimes on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 1:43:35 PM
see my Op/Ed today in The Washington Examiner
Paper, plastic or bacteria for your groceries?
By: Katy Grimes, OpEd Contributor
- | 6/9/09 5:18 AM
Since America seems to be following the path to socialism, our way wouldn’t be complete without another contradictory law from the emotional and irrational left.
For many years paper grocery bags were used with regularity and preferred by consumers and shopkeepers. Trees are a renewable resource, so there was no guilt assigned to paper bag use. Most people have reused paper bags over the years for many purposes; trash and recyclables, book covers, sturdy wrapping for mailing packages, back-of-the-closet-storage for out-of-season shoes, garden cuttings, and even for fruit and vegetable ripening.
When the guilt-inducing tree-huggers invaded the political scene, paper products fell out of political favor and the use of plastic bags was ushered in. In the ensuing years, environmentalists have screamed loudly (again) now that plastic bags are killing aquatic life and filling landfills.