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There's no real corporate money in being "green," and until then people will convince themselves that reusing plastic bags and recycling their tuna cans and Ragu jars and using lead free paint is actually going to save the planet. Some counties may have made plastic bags illegal, but what about all the products that come packaged in thick plastic packaging?

If people really wanted to be green they have to start rejecting brand specific products. For example, all phone, computers, and chargers would have a universal cable and attachments. Just think of all the electronics Apple made obsolete when it introduced the IPhone 5 with its "new" cable. These products will simply begin filling the landfills. Electronics should be upgradeable with universal fit interchangeable parts, and built in obsolescence into products should be illegal.

When is the last time you heard a product advertised as "being the last one you'll every have to purchase?" Or a product coming with a lifetime guarantee? Corp America realized that selling its products that conform to these standards simply prohibited it from increase profits, and until it does the natural resources will continue to be depleted until it is way to late. This is hardly being green.

When I was in grade school (circa. 1970's) I would use the same brown paper luck bag for months. Just fold it up and bring it home.