Comments on: Seattle green bag program http://aworldofprogress.com/seattle-green-bag-program/ an online magazine for the Progressive Human Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wil Robinson http://aworldofprogress.com/seattle-green-bag-program/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Wil Robinson Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:25:49 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=4894#comment-1244 I live on the 11th story in Mumbai - and a plastic bag floating by my window is an almost daily occurrence. So is seeing them all over the city, in the gutters, in the rivers, on the street. I've even seen 5-foot high mounds of plastic bags that have turned into a garbage dump of sorts. Plastic is a curse. In Darjeeling, northeast India, plastic bags are banned. The same chain stores that operate in both Mumbai and Darjeeling manage to find a way to use paper bags (or reusable bags) in Darjeeling - but apparently don't care enough to start something here in the city. So it's possible - but only if enough people demand it (Darjeeling's population is known for being pro-green). I live on the 11th story in Mumbai – and a plastic bag floating by my window is an almost daily occurrence. So is seeing them all over the city, in the gutters, in the rivers, on the street. I’ve even seen 5-foot high mounds of plastic bags that have turned into a garbage dump of sorts. Plastic is a curse.

In Darjeeling, northeast India, plastic bags are banned. The same chain stores that operate in both Mumbai and Darjeeling manage to find a way to use paper bags (or reusable bags) in Darjeeling – but apparently don’t care enough to start something here in the city. So it’s possible – but only if enough people demand it (Darjeeling’s population is known for being pro-green).

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