Posted on 03/19/2009 4:25:44 PM PDT by stillafreemind
Paper grocery bags are bad. Plastic grocery bags are evil. To "save" the planet and not be labeled as a delinquent, you must use reusable canvas or cloth grocery bags. It would appear that soon there will not be a choice of what you use. You will use the reusable grocery bag or not be shopping!
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Oh my gosh..that’s just stomach turning!
i went nuts and bought 2 humongous stiff nylon type beach bags for 10 dollars and use them for my shopping. they work great and will probably last longer than i will. got em at walmart and found they are 3 times the size of the reusable grocery bags sold there.
Exactly. That is why the paper bags, and then plastic bags were put into use in the first place. I line mine with paper bags which I change out regularly, and take a perverse delight in demanding that the stores provide them to me. Anyone who has ever had a cut-up raw chicken leak into their bag knows what I am talking about.
They must be washed and sanitized- causing water pollution and energy waste. One place I frequent will no longer offer any bags, but would like you to use an empty shipping box, which they pile up by the door. But years ago, when I worked in food retail, we bundled and recycled cardboard boxes immediately, since they were known cockroach havens.
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