As you all know June 5^th is World Environment Day, I guess I should be doing something, rather than wait for things to happen!

I would want to urge everyone to stop using ‘PLASTIC BAGS’, I know many of you would be responding by saying “What?”, its hard and I am not asking you to stop using them all of a sudden, anything and everything takes time to happen.

Options are:

 ~ Cloth cotton/ jute bags- for those who drive, this is not a problem at all, tucking it in your boot.

~ Reuse the plastic bags you have at home, instead of chucking them in the bin.

~ Buy a bag for life, which indeed lasts for a life time.

 In my case: I have stopped using plastic bags since December 2006, it was difficult I admit, I get one or two bags once in a while and reuse them until its impossible to carry anything in it!!! I have my cloth bags with me always, whilst going to work I carry them with me and normally I do my food shopping during the weekdays on my way back home, not a weekend shopper, coz I hate queuing up!! I have people looking at me when I take my cloth bags out for packing and I ignore all that, I always believe in having the guts to do what is right!

1. Plastic bags end up in land fills and takes up to 500 years to degrade, unless scientists should discover some sort of artificial degradation methods, which I believe will take years.

2. Plastic bags get washed out into the sea through sewage pipes and end up destroying the underwater life, eg; clogging coral reefs, smothering the respiratory and digestive system of dolphins and turtles as they mistake it for food and therefore leading to a slow and silent death.

3. Plastic bags are being incinerated in some parts of the world which inturn emits obnoxious and toxic gases that leads to respiratory diseases amongst human beings in that area.

We human beings behave as if it’s none of our business, what difference is it going to make if I stop using them? I can see my neighbours still using them, why do I bother? A thousand questions cross your mind, I know, but take the initiative by yourself with the aim of making a difference.

How would you feel if someone throws a bag full of rubbish at your table whilst you are having your dinner? This is exactly what we are doing; a million dinner tables and lives are being attacked underwater, to support our luxurious lifestyle or in other words robotic lifestyle! Have a thought and make a difference from today! Please give me your feedback, any issues can be discussed.