Nothing much has happened lately in the struggle to reduce plastic bag litter. When I walk into the grocery store and pass someone coming out with a shopping basket piled high with plastic bag-wrapped groceries, I groan inwardly. What I want to do is to stop them, slap them around a little, and tell them to wake up and look at the pictures of what they are creating! But because I was not brought up like that, I don't. It helps just to think about it.
Soon, I will be leaving on a trip to 16 countries, 12 of them in Africa. I will be keeping track of all the plastic bag litter we encounter and bringing back pictures illustrating this problem. Sometimes, a picture is worth 1000 words. What I would ask is for everyone who reads this to really look at what litter is doing to this country, but even worse underdeveloped countries of the world. Perhaps it will sour our taste for convenience and disposables. I truly hope so.
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