A Green Bag

This project aims to make the world a better place – a world where people can make changes, not by sacrificing their lives, but by taking just that one extra step. The smallest things could make some of the biggest changes in life. Similarly, decreasing our usage of something trivial as plastic bags could make our entire community more ecologically friendly and save thousands of people around the world. Each year over 500 billion plastic bags are used around the world, 84 billion in the U.S. alone, and very little of them are recycled. (alternet.org) These bags end up in trees, in our oceans and clutter our streets. Even if we manage to throw them away, it takes about thousand years for each plastic bag to be broken down. While some improvements are being made, there is still a lot more to be done. Madison is the perfect city to lead the charge against plastic bags. We believe that if retailers put a small charge on every plastic bag, people will be more likely to use reusable bags and become more aware of the harm of plastic bags. Through this project, we hope to get the ball rolling on the disuse of plastic bags in Madison and bettering our environment as a whole.