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By Pat Cashman Mike is trying his best to take this “going green” thing seriously. He says he has recently started recycling newspapers each week. “Entire newspapers?” I asked. He shook his head. “No, “he admitted. “ Just your columns.” Then I remembered that he only reads newspapers on-line. I asked him what he thinks about Seattle’s ban (since 2012) on plastic bags at grocery and drug stores. GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-4956332358238235", "west-seattle_story_text_region_slot_1");GA_googleFillSlot("west-seattle_story_text_region_slot_1");
“I think it stinks,” Mike said. “I know that all the “greenies” want everybody to carry canvas sacks around everywhere they shop---but not me.” He’s not really a rebel. He has severe canvas allergies. “That’s why, “ he says, “I bring my OWN plastic and paper bags with me to the store.“ He figures that if everybody simply re-used the plastic and paper bags already in existence they would never wind up in the landfill, would not be an environmental concern---and “we could put Big Canvas out of business.” read more |
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Newspaper Article Archive of
West Seattle Herald
Seattle+, Washington
