Bag It

Sometimes on a Saturday night during block 8, the anemia gets to me, i'm too sore from running, and I cannot stop sneezing. So instead of wandering Webber st and Cache la Poudre for a party in which to rage my face off, I put on a flannel, turn off all of the lights, open a box of gluten free and iron fortified cereal, and wander through a magical place I call instant stream. Two Saturdays ago, I stumbled upon a documentary called Bag It. It started out with a normal guy from Colorado pledging to no longer use plastic bags, then explored our take out to go container culture, and the production/recycling of plastic. The story became emotional when the narrator shared that he is expecting a child. The rest of the film explores the toxins in plastic, the dangers they are causing, and then encourages us to lead a plastic free life. As i'm writing this, I have 3 plastic cups next to me. They are all reusable and I take them with me to use everywhere, but now i'm realizing buying these plastic containers was not the best idea. eventually they will crack, break, die or get up and walk away (i don't loose things, things loose me.) I make a point to remember my reusable bags when I go snack shopping and never put produce in those plastic bags, but I still end up with empty nut bags, deli slice bags, and cheese wrappings in my trash stash. We know plastic is bad for the planet, never biodegrades, releases toxins into the atmosphere and into us, and becomes an eye sore as trash, so why do we continue to use it!?!?