Bag It, Dano

If you’re like most people, the biggest hassle of owning a dog is the whole poop thing. It wasn’t so long ago that we didn’t pick up after our dogs. Of course, not so long ago, we spent most of our time on the streets looking down, because you had to pay way more attention to where your shoe hit the ground.   Now we’re in a new era of personal responsibility, but as you shove those little bits of heaven into the plastic bag, did you ever wonder where all those bags end up? In landfills, primly encased in non-biodegradable plastic, where they’ll take centuries to decompose.  So, if you want to solve and not merely add to the problem, you might consider switching to Biodegradable “Business Bags.” Made from real corn, they decompose in just 45 days. Just don’t be tempted to snack on them while waiting for Brutus to make his masterpiece because once he does, you sure as hell don’t want to be empty handed.

• The total amount of plastic in the municipal solid waste stream in 2006 was almost 30 million tons (a.k.a. nearly 60 billion pounds).

• The amount of plastic consumed as a percentage of total waste has increased from less than 1 percent in 1960 to 11.7 percent in 2006.

• Our food supply is so contaminated that plastic is showing up in our childrens’ molecular makeup.