No plastic bags, now what do we use?

It's growing difficult to get plastic bags now days when you go shopping. Odd when we spend so much money at the supermarket they now want to sting us for the purchase of a bag. Then those supermarkets who propound this actions is because they are going green, are just making up an excuse. Because if they were really going green then they would provide you with a paper carrier bag rather than plastic. Instead they prefer to charge and thereby extend their healthy profits by a few pence more.

I can understand the need to reduce plastic bags, because it is a wise green thing to do, however, there has to be an alternative. You just can't take away the use of a carrier, it's vital. Then not come up with a valid strategy to replace it with an alternative. But this is exactly what is happening at this time. There is no such alternative. There is now a market out there for the alternative to a plastic bag. It's got three important criteria. It must hold shopping, of various weights and sizes, it must be green and lastly it must be cheap. If there is anyone who can come up with this alternative they could be the next billionaire. Otherwise it then becomes a matter of re educating the entire country. However, seeing how difficult it is to get many people to consider education of any kind as a benefit this become a literal no brainer.

Personally I've always been careful with the plastic bags I've had. Always put them in bins, taken them home and re used as often as I could. Yet it's the other idiots out there who just throw their bags in the street and not care. These are the ones who have given plastic bags a bad name. To some extent it's a bit like the American use of guns. Anyone can buy a gun, but it's the person behind the gun who kills. The gun is just a tool, a convenient and easy to use murder weapon yes. Which like a plastic bag is convenient and easy to use carrier. It's bad use however is now leading to it's demise. Seems odd though, regardless of how many lives guns take, how many families they destroy and how bad lead is to the environment I don't see them being banned. Certainly not in America.

Perhaps there should be a plastic bag justice league. Where only the honest and truthful can use plastic bags. The people who take an oath not to abuse them. I'll sign up straight away. I'm sure it would be a lot less damaging than carrying a gun about. Free plastic bags to the righteous please and leave the lead on the roof thanks.