Opinion

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Plastic grocery bags are a hard habit to break

Good morning! How are you today?" The pretty young clerk welcomed me with a smile as my groceries traveled down the conveyor belt at the checkout counter.

"I'm fine thank you," I said. "I have a cloth bag today to put some of my smaller items in. I understand you give a nickel rebate for each cloth bag a customer uses, to encourage preserving the environment. Is that right?"

"Yes,...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

top stories