Plastic Bag Ban

During the weekend I went to Sylvia Park and almost immediately I noticed that most stores stopped selling plastics bags. I had thought it was only supermarkets so once I got back home I searched up the cause of this.

I read from here that stores are now banned from selling plastic bags. Any store caught could potentially be faced with a fine, or the ministry will contact the business and try to figure out why they haven't stopped giving out plastic bags.

It's wonderful that there's now a law against plastic bags. Around 28% plastic waste have been discarded, leaving 72% to end up in the ocean or stray somewhere in our environment. Even if it's only a little bit, we're reducing plastic waste.

5 Day Vacation

On the first week of holiday my family and I went down to Invercargill for a five day vacation. On Thursday we checked into our hotel and relaxed.

On Friday we went out for lunch with my aunt and uncle and had dinner with my mums' best friend.

On Saturday we drove out to Riverton to visit my late nana. We then drove to the beach. The weather was horrible, the clouds were dark grey and it was close to raining. My neice and I hopped out of the car, running straight towards the edge of the beach not yet covered with water. My niece was throwing stones into the water. In doing so she did not see the water rushing towards her.

On Friday we went to Queenspark, having lunch with my mums' high school friends. The weather didn't clear up but that didn't stop my family from playing on the park. We just got a little bit soaked.

On Monday we flew back to Auckland.

Technology Wood

I have chosen to make a pencil holder for myself. I think this is the best choice because I have too many pencils, coloured and all, and I don't have any more space for them.

It will be used for securing my pencils. I will place it on my table in my room.

For this project I will have to consider smoothing the sides.