Let me keep my plastic bag

Every day plastic bags are being changed and thrown out.  Wherever I end up working I make sure my plastic garbage bag does not get throw out, however it seems this simple request is served with a crazy look from those around me.  Why is being green so crazy, it should not even be called green but a given and common sense.  For this I am always given the titled Ms Green, truthfully I am not doing enough to be green in order to deserve that title.  Everyone likes to complain about the change in weather, natural disasters, pollution and diseases but no one makes the connection with themselves or their communities lifestyle culture.  Did you know that that in a lot of countries around the world there are no plastic or paper bags available in supermarkets.  You simply bring your own, what a concept. 

It takes 10-20 years for a plastic bag to break down, imagine all the homes and big/small offices out there changing every single bag every day.  That is a lot of plastic.  Let’s just make mountains out of them.  I know I am doing my part as much as I can and I hope other people wake up and stop to think before they throw out anything that is still useful or can be used by others.  Oh and stop giving me crazy looks when I want to keep my plastic bag for longer than a day.