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Author: VivaViva Date: Apr 22, 2008 04:53
Starting today - Earth Day - the US supermarket Whole Foods will no longer
offer plastic bags. Also, I read that some counties in CA have a bill before
their lawmakers to ban plastic shopping bags, period.
I hate the ugly things...as I drive along my beautiful green countryside I
see them flying from trees, fences and telephone poles. Is it so in your
country?
They will remain in landfills for eons, along with all the other plastic
that doesn't degrade. Don't get me started on the billions of plastic water
bottles every year...or disposable diapers (forgive me busy mothers). We can
send a man to the moon but can't seem to invent a plastic that will rot.
Although, I did hear about someone trying to make "plastic" bags out of
cornstarch....
I have been taking my own cloth shopping bags for years now, it took forever
to train myself to keep them on the front seat of the car instead of leaving
them at home. I used to get disgusted sighs from eye-rolling check-out
clerks for interrupting the way they do things. These days they smile and
encourage me.
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Author: Mrs LumplessMrs Lumpless Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:39
On Apr 22, 12:53 pm, "Viva" privacy.net> wrote:> Starting today - Earth Day - the US supermarket Whole Foods will no longer
> offer plastic bags. Also, I read that some counties in CA have a bill before
> their lawmakers to ban plastic shopping bags, period.
>
> I hate the ugly things...as I drive along my beautiful green countryside I
> see them flying from trees, fences and telephone poles. Is it so in your
> country?
>
> They will remain in landfills for eons, along with all the other plastic
> that doesn't degrade. Don't get me started on the billions of plastic water
> bottles every year...or disposable diapers (forgive me busy mothers). We can
> send a man to the moon but can't seem to invent a plastic that will rot.
>
> Although, I did hear about someone trying to make "plastic" bags out of
> cornstarch....
>
> I have been taking my own cloth shopping bags for years now, it took forever
> to train myself to keep them on the front seat of the car instead of leaving
> them at home. I used to get disgusted sighs from eye-rolling check-out ...
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:40
> If I've ranted about this before, forgive me. Earth Day stirs me up
Me too, but for different reasons.
"It's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy crap" :)
--
Bear
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Author: John WilliamsonJohn Williamson Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:51
Viva wrote:
> Starting today - Earth Day - the US supermarket Whole Foods will no longer
> offer plastic bags. Also, I read that some counties in CA have a bill before
> their lawmakers to ban plastic shopping bags, period.
>
> I hate the ugly things...as I drive along my beautiful green countryside I
> see them flying from trees, fences and telephone poles. Is it so in your
> country?
>
Worse, if anything. We've got a few towns that have already banned them.
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Author: John WilliamsonJohn Williamson Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:53
Viva wrote:
> Starting today - Earth Day - the US supermarket Whole Foods will no longer
> offer plastic bags. Also, I read that some counties in CA have a bill before
> their lawmakers to ban plastic shopping bags, period.
>
> I hate the ugly things...as I drive along my beautiful green countryside I
> see them flying from trees, fences and telephone poles. Is it so in your
> country?
>
Worse, if anything. We've got a few towns that have already banned them.
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Author: John WilliamsonJohn Williamson Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:55
Told me it hadn't posted the first one....
--
Tciao for Now!
John.
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 22, 2008 09:28
> Viva privacy.net> wrote:
> >> Also, I want to reply to some older posts, but this is all I have time for
>> on this beautiful prairie dawn morning circled by misty blue mountains. A
>> purple, gold and pink sunrise that I wish I could put in a box and send to
>> you.
>
> [BEAM] It's a nice day here too, Viva,
> just right for taking the top down on the car.
And here - lovely warm, sunny Spring day ...
... except I'm stuck indoors :( [1]
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 22, 2008 11:03
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:53:47 -0500, "Viva" privacy.net> wrote:
>Starting today - Earth Day - the US supermarket Whole Foods will no longer
>offer plastic bags. Also, I read that some counties in CA have a bill before
>their lawmakers to ban plastic shopping bags, period.
Supermarkets here are starting to charge people for them. Netto, for
instance, has done so for years already. Others offer an "everlasting"
bag that you can (free) exchange for a new one when it wears out.
>I hate the ugly things...as I drive along my beautiful green countryside I
>see them flying from trees, fences and telephone poles. Is it so in your
>country?
Yes, it is. Sort of. They tend to catch on wires, trees and hedges,
but it isn't a monster problem like it is in some countries. There was
a picture in the paper today of a river in, ummm, Thailand I think it
was, and you couldn't see the water for the rubbish in it.
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Author: SoozleSoozle Date: Apr 22, 2008 13:02
"Ben newsam" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:6v8s04d5g81gt9kjr1g0st6ramleo88alk@4ax.com...> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:53:47 -0500, "Viva" privacy.net> wrote:
>>>Starting today - Earth Day - the US supermarket Whole Foods will no longer
>>offer plastic bags. Also, I read that some counties in CA have a bill
>>before
>>their lawmakers to ban plastic shopping bags, period.
>
> Supermarkets here are starting to charge people for them. Netto, for
> instance, has done so for years already. Others offer an "everlasting"
> bag that you can (free) exchange for a new one when it wears out.
>
>>I hate the ugly things...as I drive along my beautiful green countryside I
>>see them flying from trees, fences and telephone poles. Is it so in your
>>country?
>
> Yes, it is. Sort of. They tend to catch on wires, trees and hedges,
> but it isn't a monster problem like it is in some countries. There was
> a picture in the paper today of a river in, ummm, Thailand I think it ...
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Author: ClotClot Date: Apr 22, 2008 14:20
Soozle wrote:
> "Ben newsam" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:6v8s04d5g81gt9kjr1g0st6ramleo88alk@4ax.com...>> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:53:47 -0500, "Viva" privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>
> I try to recycle as much as I can and have 3 bins out the back yard plus
> the brown, grey and blue ones provided by the council and also
> have a compost bin and a thing to gather water for the garden - but
> I hate supermarkets thinking they can force me to bring my own bags
> or pay for theirs especially when I spend
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