Day Two Hundred and Fifty-eight

There's a sense of irony that America is the country the world turns to so often when things go wrong, yet the country remains intent on destroying the world's environment. America's recycling and CO2 record is awful when you consider its one of the richest and most developed countries in the world. Its one of the most notable differences you see when you come to America, no one cares. It difficult for me to comprehend coming from a place where we have separate bins for paper & card, for plastic, for cans, for garden & food waste, and for general waste (there's also 49 places in my town to take your glass bottles).

What started me off on this rant?

Well today I made a quick trip to WalMart and brought three things. The check out assistant (who bags for you in America) managed to use four non-biodegradable bags. That's more than one bag per item!

America isn't the worst per capita polluter in world, that honour goes to Australia. At least they're making progress though. You want a disposable plastic bag to put your groceries in? In South Australia you'll pay a 10 cent (0.10 USD, 0.06 GBP) tax on each bag. Its not a new idea, Ireland lead the way on this and it saw plastic bag usage drop by 95%!

Rant over.