... google" <m.pur...@jach.hawaii.edu> wrote I have a problem with the "knot your bag" PA. [....] Knotting and throwing it out isn't going to solve much of a problem. ... voluntarily change your ways, and people who try to "force" you to change your ways by "outlawing" the use of plastic bags, don't you think? Absolutely. But it requires you to think. I'd rather not have a law ...

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... is reducing the use of plastic bags going to save the environment? ..., isn't about using cloth bags, or stopping us from using ... see thousands of those plastic bags stuck in the surrounding trees.... problems with the "knot your bag" commerical, or what it is ... to us. And yes, plastic bags fluying all over the place ... your ways by "outlawing" the use of plastic bags, don't ...

...>>>>>> and you worry about extra bags lying around the house. Is there...between 500 billion one TRILLION plastic bags. Most end up in landfills (...marine animals are killed by plastic bags each year worldwide, according to Planet... or three (re-usable) cotton bags lying around your living room. ... miss the point completely. The bags take decades to degrade, and ...

...shop close to home? I was in Munich once and didn't notice many grocery bags on the subway. But maybe, I thought they were retail bags? Huh? We've got supermarkets (close to home)... The next one is about ...about 150m to the nearest supermarket but I still drove because I figure I don't want to carry the bags home.

...aet@lava.net> wrote: Don't Germans shop close to home? I was in Munich once and didn't notice many grocery bags on the subway. But maybe, I thought they were retail bags? Huh? We've got supermarkets (close to home)... The next one is about 150 metres from my home. And about 7 more within 1...

... and you worry about extra bags lying around the house. Is ...reducing the use of plastic bags going to save the environment...will the reduction of plastic bags on a tiny state like...500 billion one TRILLION plastic bags. Most end up in landfills...animals are killed by plastic bags each year worldwide, according to...or three (re-usable) cotton bags lying around your living room...

...20, 10:15 am, "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: "Maren at google" <m.pur...@jach.hawaii.edu> wrote in messagenews:1198091704-sch@news.lava.net... As for the size of the cotton bags: nobody said you have to buy them. Make your own and make them the size you want to carry. Baskets probably wouldn't last in Hilo, it's too wet. Not everyone knows how to sew. ...

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... giving you rebates for re-used plastic bags for years already. I tend to carry a ... truck. They're mixed cotton and plastic bags these days. As for the size of the cotton bags: nobody said you have to buy them. Make your ... once and didn't notice many grocery bags on the subway. But maybe, I thought they were retail bags? Germans probably shop more closer to home than ...