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New Yorkers Might Have to Pay an Extra 10 Cents to Get Disposable Bags
nymag.com ^ | 3/26/14 | Caroline Bankoff

Posted on 03/27/2014 6:15:56 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

The City Council has proposed a bill that would require grocery and other retail shops to charge customers ten cents for the privilege of bringing their purchases home in a new paper or plastic bag. (Proceeds from the fee would go back to the store owners.) The plan, which is currently endorsed by 19 council members (it needs 26 votes to pass), is intended to encourage people to bring their own reusable bags....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: greedy; leeches; money; taxes
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To: sickoflibs

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.


41 posted on 03/27/2014 10:28:23 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

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.


42 posted on 03/27/2014 10:29:11 AM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: the OlLine Rebel
RE :”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.”

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

43 posted on 03/27/2014 10:35:05 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: Arrowhead1952

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.


44 posted on 03/27/2014 10:39:01 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: sickoflibs

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.


45 posted on 03/27/2014 11:02:12 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: truth_seeker

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.)


46 posted on 03/27/2014 11:03:55 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
RE :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 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.

47 posted on 03/27/2014 11:13:20 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: Grams A
Guess they want all you guys to get one of those my little pony backpacks to put your purchases in.

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.

48 posted on 03/27/2014 1:27:29 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

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.


49 posted on 03/27/2014 2:00:18 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
"Notice it is always cities...."

Yup...and Texas cities are booming. Texas is doomed to be the new California.

50 posted on 03/27/2014 3:30:53 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: Grams A
Maybe if enough people quit shopping in cities like Austin they will get a clue - or not...

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".

51 posted on 03/27/2014 5:17:21 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

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.


52 posted on 03/27/2014 8:42:47 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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