A freshly-passed California State law has rekindled hope for in the conservation movement. Bill 706 completely bans the use of mainstream wrapping paper for the 2007 holiday season. Instead, citizens are being urged to use more eco-friendly materials when wrapping gifts, such as newspaper, tin foil, single-ply toilet paper, etc.
Mainstream wrapping paper was pulled from store shelves this week, following 3 days of out-the-door lines of consumers awaiting their last chance for the good stuff. On the final day of wrapping paper sales, deemed “Angry Tuesday” in national news broadcasts, 14 people were mildly injured, 2 were hospitalized, and one died of complications.
Flick Flyfish, a statistical analyst for privately-owned think-tank Interpole, projects that the new ban will create the demand for a black market industry worth upwards of 5 million dollars. “With Mexico’s domestic sales down, and nouveau-Capitalists immigrating here from the former Soviet bloc, there are plenty of criminals who are readying themselves to jump in and make a buck”.
Julia Speaks-to-Feathers, an activist and painter, embraces the bill. “Already, since it’s been in effect, 36 acres of tree farms have been saved. Over the course of the holiday season, we will be saving much more, and slowly lightening our footprints left in the earth”.
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