All the stores and supermarkets in Hong Kong have stopped giving plastic bags, and a waste disposal tax has to be charged if you asked for one.

In fact, I realized that I got far too many environmental friendly bags at home. When I purchased a pair of shoes, they put them inside an environmental protection bag. When I purchased a dress, they put it in a trendy environmental reusable bag. Something perhaps one will not chuck out but will never take it out to reuse again. They don’t really go with carrots and onions. Then I found my cupboard is now full of bags which I never reuse, but I am still asking for plastic bags to hold my grocery shopping, even they aren’t free. The fact it, it isn’t really wasted. I used them to dispose my garbage or as bin liners. It works the same way.

Perhaps I should try to remember taking a bag with me when I am going out, just like checking on my keys before I shut the door (remembering the consequences if I don’t) but I am not used to the idea yet. Or perhaps the supermarket till should give out a siren when one is paying for a plastic bag, telling people that this alien here is contaminating the earth, then I shall probably bear that in mind the next time. 

What next if I am now finding too guilty to ask for a bag? I juggle with the items instead. The other day, I was juggling with a carton of milk, two cups of yogurt and a bag of French beans. And I saw my flat mate coming home holding a lemon on top of the Marigold. In fact, outside the supermarket, it is not unusual to see people balancing 5 kg of rice with a packet of 12 eggs, or struggling with a big water melon, walking like a heavily pregnant woman. With constant training, I guess we can all work in the circus but the end of the year.