> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:21:23 +0100, Halla
> drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>

>>On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:53:47 -0500, "Viva" privacy.net>
>>blethered:
>>

>>>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.

>>
>>And the supermarkets will be relieved, really, that they can charge
>>people for bags. Then Tescoids will offer free 'green' bags and off we
>>go again. Why did they move away from the paper ones anyway? Apart
>>from the tearing problem, of course.

>
> I am old enough to remember the old Tescos paper carrier bags. Blue
> and white stripes with a paper handle. If you forgetfully put them
> down on a wet pavement, you could forget about getting your shopping
> home.
>
> I like plastic bags.