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Akiko


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Country of Residence: United States United States
Country of Birth: Japan Japan
Nationalities: Japanese Japanese
Citizenships: Japan Japan
Languages: English , Japanese
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Hi there!

I'm from a resourse-less small country in far east and I often feel uncomfortable about waste and indifference about it in this country. I do believe plastic bags for shopping will be extinct some time in the future in New York but I'd like to accelerate that speed, hopefully! I myself use a cotton shopping bag. In my hometown (city in Tokyo), a municipal government charges five cents for one plastic bag (strictly speaking, the reality is a bit different) to promote "bring your own bag" and my-bag-ratio is increasing. I could see that super markets in New York sell reusable shopping bags nowadays (a big move!) but I rarely see them in use at cash registers. How can we promote "my shopping bag" or guilty feeling to use plastic bag? Let me know your thought.
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