Bag the bags

SA asks other states to ban plastic bags. :

"South Australia will push for the introduction of a national ban on plastic shopping bags during today's meeting of state and federal environment ministers in Perth."

Yes, bit by bit we are bagging those plastic bags. The water on the stone effect. We used to have big paper bags for our shopping. A couple of supermarkets are leading the push along with Bunnings by always having cardboard boxes on hand so if you don't have your own cloth or fabricated bags, you can still bag the bags! People use the plastic bags to store their household rubbish and "slop" and that has created a bit of an issue because we don't want to go back to putting muck straight into our bins. We have become very bin proud here!! (I think it's because there is a restriction on us washing our driveways...we are not allowed to with the water restrictions and it used to be an SA mania to have a pristine driveway!) I heard from Origin this morning that SA is also getting pretty good on the green electricity too. So I am a bit proud of us today. When I was in the supermarket stocking up, most people had their reuseable bags. It's a habit. We got confused when we thought the plastic bags were being made from recyclable plastic so then we didn't know why we had to have such an issue. But it's the way they block the waterways and clog up the beaches and parks and find their way into animal and fish innards which is the real problem. People just don't think. It's not hard to put it in a bin but people get in a hurry or just don't have that clearing up after themselves routine when they are out. It comes down to reminders. Most people are responsible and mean well. Every community needs to be nagged and trained.It was happening in Vanuatu with considerable success and the primary school children were the community leaders in bagging the bags in New Caledonia. So yes, let's get rid of the stupid things and learn the alternatives.