5th ANNUAL EARTH DAY Distribution of FREE Reusable Shopping Bags
On Saturday, April 21, from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM, FOP/C members
will distribute complimentary re-usable shopping bags at the Waco Downtown
Farmers' Market. This will be the fifth year
that we have done this. The shoppers at
the Market seem to love this tradition and we give away from 500 to 800 bags
each year. Hopefully, 2018 will also be successful.
We know that this event serves 2 purposes: it helps
decrease litter associated with single use plastic bags, and it decreases the
global carbon emissions associated with the plastic bags. The vast
majority of shoppers at local groceries are STILL using plastic bags. Our
mission is to reverse that pattern by our example as we shop, and by supplying
the bags folks need in order to ditch the plastic. And never
forget: if we don't change our behavior, by 2050 the OCEAN WILL
CONTAIN MORE PLASTIC BY WEIGHT THAN FISH!! We must help prevent that disaster.
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