Rather than wait for policy changes, I feel that we can Go Green (or at least Greener) with simple steps.
One of them is shunning plastic bags.
Some stores do not make it easy and others like Whole Foods for example encourage you by crediting 10c for each bag brought back with you.
In Taxes with a greenish hue, Elisabeth Rosenthal (Business of Green) wonders if voluntary measures are enough and that plastic bags should be taxed as is the case In Ireland since 2002.
Along the same lines of reducing waste, Michael Skapinker (Financial Times) suggests We must stop throwing our gizmos away. He asks if "recycling may be missing the point, which is whether we should be getting rid of our electronic goods as often as we are".
Any suggestions?
What baby steps do you take?
C'est tout for Green Day #15
Previously: Eating Kangaroo reduces your Carbon Footprint...Skippy Anyone?
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