In 2003, National Geographic put a well written article about the danger that plastic shopping bags pose to our planet. If you do a search for plastic bags, this article ranks just below a company that sells the bags. I ask everyone who blogs about this topic to provide a link to the National Geographic article.

I think the plastic bag issue is going to become more and more high profile as time goes on. I think there may also be a blip of interest during the summer as people are getting out into what they expect to be pristine outdoor recreation areas and they find bags blowing/floating around.