Posted on 03/27/2014 6:15:56 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Oh, we do it too. It’s there, use it, sort of thing.
My husband is more into it than I. I couldn’t care less about putting a single little postcard or envelope into the “right” bin (i.e., vs trash). He does. But at the same time, I know the rules better than he - he still puts caps on bottles and can ends and so on.
My coastal city did this in conservative Orange County CA.
It is to keep plastic bags out of the ocean, and from killing wildlife.
Checkout clerks take a lot of abuse from angry customers. Consumers are remembering to bring their own bags when grocery shopping.
They don't even make us rinse the containers so its hard to find an excuse to not have two separate bins. The county does the landfill and garbage collection so they do the recycling too.
I recall up in NYS the garbage men would refuse garbage with recycle items, and they had to be rinsed to be accepted in recycling.
Bringing back the bottles to the stores was disgusting too, grocery stores would have return machines and they were covered with the sticky remains from the bottles, yuk
Go to Lowes or Home Depot for a basket full of electrical parts and figure out how to get them to your pickup.”
Guess they want all you guys to get one of those my little pony backpacks to put your purchases in.
When I go to Sam’s - which is once about every two years - I know they don’t have bags but they always have boxes available. Our local store “ran out” of paper and plastic bags a month or so ago and wanted me to buy some of their “multiple use” bags. I said no thanks. Since I hadn’t paid for my groceries commented I would buy from their competitors, and walked out and went to another store down the road. Took extra time I didn’t have but there is just no reason for this to happen in our city.
They are not picky here, but I like to facilitate the process by doing it right as requested. Let food items soak in the sink with the dishes. Plus, those capped bottles are under pressure.
I still don’t get the ban on pizza boxes. If they are nonchalant with other food items, why not stupid cardboard boxes? DH really makes sure he doesn’t violate that.
Yes, they do. It’s too bad - people should simply express their displeasure by saying “tell your manager this stinks”. (No matter what the “law” is - somehow it has to get back to whoever is responsible for this fascism.)
I dump the excess liquid in the sink and throw it in the bin. With Ketchup containers they get some Ketchup with it.
I think they don't want cardboard that has soaked up food, like Domino's boxes. How about frozen pizza boxes that dont come in contact with the food?
But a trash collector needs very simple rules to follow.
I quit going to the HD and Lowes in Austin. There are two newer HD and Lowes that are just a bit farther which are not in Austin city limits. Same prices and lower sales tax to boot.
Good for you. Maybe if enough people quit shopping in cities like Austin they will get a clue - or not... Makes me feel better to do it anyway and my way to protest.
Remember sometime ago Progressive had a TV commercial where Flo was making fun of the guy “carrying his wife/girlfriend’s purse” and he said it was his “man bag” or some such thing which she had bought him. Thought it was pretty funny. Haven’t seen it in a long time. Libs must not have liked Flo making fun of the guy.
Yup...and Texas cities are booming. Texas is doomed to be the new California.
The Texas AG is filing a lawsuit to inquire it the city ordinance is legal. I hope Austin fails on this one. You get almost to the door, and there is a sign "Don't forget your reusable bags".
Thanks for the update. I hope Austin fails on this also. Then they can tackle the one in Dallas and stop this claptrap from spreading any further.
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