In March this year San Francisco became the first city in the United States to ban the use of plastic bags in the city's shops and supermarkets.
When one tonne of paper bags is reused or recycled, three cubic metres of land fill space is saved and 13-17 trees are spared.
When one tonne of plastic bags is reused or recycled, the energy equivalent of 11 barrels of oil are saved.
Robin
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'You know you are a hard-core gardener if you deadhead flowers in other people's gardens.
To err is human. To blame someone else, is management potential.
To err is human. To blame someone else, is management potential.