Organizations such as the Progressive Bag Alliance/Progressive Bag Affiliates, American Chemistry Council or the Society Plastics Industry aren’t very visible, but their impact is plainly evident. It’s usually in the best interest of lobbyists or unsavory think tanks to fly under the radar. When they do appear, they spare no expense on PR. Where's the money coming from? Here's where: Advance Polybag, Inc., The Dow Chemical Company, ExxonMobil Corporation, Hilex Poly Co., LLC. (See also: TheTruthAboutPlasticBags.com), NOVA Chemicals, Inc., Superbag Corporation, Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc.
City after city has failed to impose a tax, deterrent or ban on plastic bags. Colorado as a state just totally failed. It's unlikely that the national small business association snubbed the regulations, but surely the plastic lobbyists are hard at work protecting their interests. Better Bags Colorado: these good guys are hard at work too and the truly progressive ones. The ban on plastic bags will inevitably happen one day and this will all seem so silly. Looking back, there once was a time where plastic bags were considered as toys. What is it about a plastic bag that makes it a progressive bag? Seriously, no matter how you frame it, plastic and progressive are two very different and non-interchangeable words.
China’s ban on plastic bags will save the country 37 million barrels of crude oil per year. This is an incredible feat that China enacted ahead of the first world, but it wouldn’t have been possible had it not been promulgated by a centralized totalitarian government. Well actually, Ireland, Rwanda and Bangladesh also made it happen. San Francisco, CA too, of course. Verdantic recognizes that the Chinese government does have its flaws, e.g., human rights or censorship. Sure China has many environmental issues that it still needs to address, but Verdantic is impressed with China when it wants to be progressive, i.e., the one-child policy. No other government could’ve pulled that off.
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