By MATTHEW TAPIA

With the amount of businesses coming to Los Alamos, I am concerned with the amount of plastic bags that will be used by the population of the county.

Plastics have become a very large part of our everyday life. There are some that may be irreplaceable, but there are also those that are an unnecessary commodity and can be easily replaced. Not only are plastic bags bad for the environment in more than one way, they are also a sore on the eyes.

I have been seeing plastics littered all over town as well as around the ski hill area. This is a real shame for the community because Los Alamos is such