Kudos to Whole Foods on plastic bags

The luxury/bulk/organic grocer says it will phase out plastic bags by Earth Day:

A.C. Gallo, co-president and chief operating officer for Whole Foods Market, estimated that the move by Whole Foods will keep 100 million new plastic grocery bags out of the environment between Earth Day and the end of this year alone.

Before taking the step, Whole Foods tested doing away with disposable plastic bags in San Francisco, Toronto and Austin and saw positive customer response, Gallo said.

Great!