Posted on 01/26/2008 11:53:56 AM PST by JACKRUSSELL
Lord knows if you can't tax it, then ban it!
I like the paper bags better. Now with plastic, all my grocies just slides around the car on the way home. But I don’t advocate Banning them.
Why not let it decompose outside like nature intended. My dogs go outside in the backyard and I have never given it a second thought.
So we are back to killing trees?
My dad used to say, “Just put it in a box.” One day a bag boy left and came back with a box.
How about going really "natural" and just let it turn into compost where it falls? Isn't that the most natural thing to do? Do it in the name of the environmentalist whackos ;-).
When I have to bag my own groceries at the store, I usually tripple bag the two liter bottles of soda, and single bad the packages of meat so they don’t bleed.
I use paper bags to bag up my recyclables (glass, plastic) which are then picked up in our town every Monday. The recycling guy throws the stuff in the bag into the bin for those things then throws the paper bag into the bin with the paper (mostly magazines, junk mail).
“How about going really “natural” and just let it turn into compost where it falls?’
Works fine except in the high population density areas. There it tends to stack up
Our local grocery store has those containers of antiseptic wipes near the front entry where you pick up your cart so you can use the wipes if you so choose to disinfect your cart. This came about after a story in the news about how those carts were tested for germs..... which was indeed scary.
Maybe those signs should read ....
DON'T MESS IN TEXAS
I just love people who have two houses but won't allow me freakin' plastic bags to toss my garbage in.
Good. Then collect it all up in a trash can and dump it on the front step of the City Hall in the high population density areas where they're run by the left-wingnuts. Tell them you're doing it in the name of the environment. :-)
Good idea! Those signs should be in Spanish! I could tell you stories............ LOL!
I’m probably going to be the odd (wo)man out here and say ‘It’s about time!’
I hate when they bag my milk, my laundry detergent, my cat litter (all with handles), a bag of potatoes or dog food. I’ve been using reusable bags for years, bought some canvas ones at KMart years ago for about $3 ea. and just bought some others for .99 ea. I still end up with plastic sometimes and we recycle those but I try to avoid them as much as possible.
Europeans have managed for years without plastic bags- they use carryall bags for their shopping. It’s also great in that the bags I have are so big that I can fit $200 worth of food in just a few bags. The big handles make it easy to carry and it’s easy to load and unload in the car. They’re great.
“I’m probably going to be the odd (wo)man out here and say ‘It’s about time!’”
For me the key point is they want to mandate this and take away the choice. Doesn’t our govt have better things to do. And yes I know this story is just about one chain but people are pushing for govt regulations.
“And half the population can’t even remember their ID for the credit card they use...”
No form of ID is required for using a signed credit card. It’s part of the contract consumer’s signed when they took the card and it’s part of the contract merchants signed when they decided to accept credit cards.
Oh geez, you just made me feel old and I’m 41. I still use rags to clean! We have a ‘rag bag’ (old pillowcase) in the laundry room closet, with holey towels or worn sheets, pajama bottoms etc. They’re dust rags, drop cloths, scrubbers, big-spill picker uppers, whatever. And they’re washed and reused over and over again.
The bigger towels and worn blankets get sent to the SPCA down the road since they always need them.
But then again, I think it’s my Yankee thriftiness handed down that makes me do these things. I have dyed curtains to use in other rooms (one set went through 3 reincarnations), freeze that spoonful of leftover veggies for soup, make soup from the turkey carcass and still use 48 cent Ajax to clean the bathroom. Probably what enabled us to buy a home and 3 acres when I was only 25.
I guess but they’ve already taken away the choice of paper or plastic, at least around here. I haven’t seen paper bags in years. I can get upset about the loss of a lot of choices but the paper or plastic issue just isn’t one of them.
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