No Plastic Bags? Reality Meets Enviromentality

From Apple Insider, comes word that Apple is no longer offering plastic bags with purchases. Instead, they will offer to assist you with purchases of more than a handful to your car.

Macnn speculates this is related to the ban on plastic bags in San Francisco. Well, we pride ourselves on being green (read our report) but there's a problem with this move by Apple: there's no good alternative. Imagine how popular Apple-branded reuasable canvas bags could be! What a great way to advertise the brand (ok, maybe they don't need much more of that right now) and help the environment, without inconveniencing customers. Maybe, just maybe, Apple could even bring itself to throw in a canvas bag with a certain purchase amount. Crazy, I know, but if you buy MobileMe and AppleCare with that new laptop, the least you deserve is a $3 canvas bag from Apple.

Keep up the "green" work Apple, but help customers to have a viable alternative too.