Editor:
I take exception to the provincial and municipal mandates to rule out plastic shopping bags and reintroduce paper bags, at a price that does not get collected by the governments for use in the fight for the climate.
It seems we have forgotten that we went to plastic bags to save trees. And while we ban plastic bags, (now we have to buy them to line our garbage bins) we banned styrofoam containers, so restaurants and delis etc are now using plastic containers.
Our reliance on oil will not subside...we went from glass juice, milk, pop bottles etc to plastic bottles. Our clothes, bedding, upholstery, carpets etc are mostly synthetic, ie plastic or oil based. The interiors of our cars, even electric, are plastic based. Our paints and enamels etc are oil based products.
This ban on plastic bags is ridiculous and does little to nothing to help the planet when considering the whole.
Nicki Marshall
