It is easy to feel overwhelmed when topics centered around global issues arise. Fortunately, we can always make positive changes for ourselves, our communities and our planet.
Ultimately, corporations have to take responsibility for plastic packaging. That doesn’t mean we don’t have a voice regarding this issue.
Whether it be a plastic bag ban, refusing plastic drinking straws or choosing to buy responsibly-packaged products, each small step taken is a step taken in the right direction.
We must take steps to shift our focus from the broken recycling system that has a dismally low actual recycling rate to a system that instead reduces plastic production in the first place.
It may seem hard to change 50 years of behavior, but shopping with a reusable bag makes more sense than ever before. There are bags at both City Markets made from T-shirts that are available to help with this transition. We have made nearly 4,000 of these bags and we hope it’s helping you transition to a more responsible way of shopping.
We can do this.
Sarah Musil BurrisDurango
