Do You Have a Green Bag?

A belatedly purchased green bag was what we got when we went to SM Clark’s Hypermarket last Sunday . No, did not think twice about getting the bag even if there a big logo of Unilever Philippines on it as a way of advertising their company without paying millions since these bags were being sold and/or given for free when their products are purchased by SM Advantage card members which I am not. Anyway…

There have been many news/press releases about using these cloth bags, not necessarily the one I purchased, as an alternative to the use of plastic bags. Sure, the plastic bags can be recycled primarily to be used as garbage containers. But what happens after the garbage has been collected is more often than not, are not the people’s real concern anymore.

The use of green bags has many benefits. Click here to read more about the benefits, not just as an alternative use to plastic bags but as an answer to vital environmental issues. But then again, these are one and the same.

This practice of using the plastic bag has to change. In Baguio City, they are encouraging people to use the “bayong” or a woven buri bag to be used when going to the market. This bayong is handy even if produce from the wet section are purchased. There is an “I am not plastic” bag here in the Philippines that is earth-friendly that can be used too, to minimize the use of plastic. Even specialty stores has dropped the use of plastic bags by using recycled paper on their paper bags.

Click here to read about the Green Bag in America, the Green Bag in Australia and other GreenBag Reusable Bags.