While a number of readers disagreed with my total opposition to plastic bags on campus and specifically to having them available in the library, the University of Ottawa is finally officially phasing out plastic bags. It's only a matter of time before your library will have to do the same!

http://www.sustainable.uottawa.ca/index.php?module=CMS&func=view&id=55

About three times a year the circulation desk at the library would send out a call for staff to bring in their extra plastic bags from home, to help students who take out more books than they can carry.

I guess this fits into Reduce, Reuse, Recycle under the Reuse rubric, but I think before we Reuse we need to Reduce. I asked that no more plastic bags be brought into the library, but instead to offer reusable canvas bags (the grocery store variety) for a small fee.