You know, I've rethought this and I think that the city should take some more steps here. One of the biggest issues we face is over consumption, so to ease that burden in our landfills we should outlaw stores providing shopping carts. If you want a cart, you can bring one. It's just that the store can't provide them anymore.
Sure, it sounds dumb and irritating, but we're facing a crisis. People buy too much stuff, and a bunch of that ends up in the landfill. This would make people think twice about loading that cart up with a bunch of food that they're probably letting go to waste anyway. And don't even get me started on the wasteful spending at places like Walmart, Costco or Canadian Tire.
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