Banning plastic bags will be mildly inconvenient. Get over it

To the editor: Relating to the environmental injury from plastic and particularly plastic luggage, no higher illustration of the issue might be made than from two letters printed on Sept. 14.

A considerate letter on the necessity to favor long-term survival over momentary comfort was adopted by the most effective instance of the shortsightedness that leads individuals to pay 10 cents to make use of plastic grocery luggage. check could be to see which letter might be extra extremely regarded in 50 years.

Whereas the concept of “progress” usually masked large struggling by hundreds of thousands and terrific injury to our pure setting, these horrible results had been swept away by a tidal wave of expediency, selfishness and laziness, future issues be damned.

Whereas the expectations of the “right here and now” had been at all times that someday sooner or later, somebody, someway would resolve the problems, we will see by studying the remainder of the newspaper that that future is now.

However provided that we’re prepared to pay 10 cents for not simply the setting, however for the long run.

David Gooler, Pasadena

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To the editor: You’ve revealed letters to the editor complaining that The Instances’ print version is delivered to subscribers in plastic luggage.

I acquire these luggage every day and reuse them for all groceries that must be refrigerated. I additionally choose up my cat’s hairballs with them.

There are numerous methods to reuse the baggage, so don’t simply throw them out.

Carolyn Younger, Glendale