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Free plastic bags should be banned, yes. All they do is create blight via litter, clog up single-stream recycling machines, fill up landfills, and damage wetlands. They suck.
We've gone from wheelbarrows to canvas/cotton to paper to plastic.
Now we're going backwards if you think about it.
Does anyone remember when "old ladies" carried all their stuff in those netted bags that magically expanded as you put more stuff into them ? I used to be fascinated with them as a kid. My grandma kept several in her purse and used them as she went around shopping at the various places.
We've gone from wheelbarrows to canvas/cotton to paper to plastic.
Now we're going backwards if you think about it.
Does anyone remember when "old ladies" carried all their stuff in those netted bags that magically expanded as you put more stuff into them ? I used to be fascinated with them as a kid. My grandma kept several in her purse and used them as she went around shopping at the various places.
You see them everywhere here. People walking around with net bags full of oranges, baguettes and fresh flowers.
We've gone from wheelbarrows to canvas/cotton to paper to plastic.
Now we're going backwards if you think about it.
Does anyone remember when "old ladies" carried all their stuff in those netted bags that magically expanded as you put more stuff into them ? I used to be fascinated with them as a kid. My grandma kept several in her purse and used them as she went around shopping at the various places.
We should not ban plastic bags. I always recycled mine, used them for trash bags and the like. Now I buy plastic for the garbage cans and to pick up dog poop. The only thing a ban did is make me buy plastic bags.
Btw, reusable grocery bags carry lots of germs and are causing people to get sick.
I was driving down a major highway over the week-end and was remarking on all of the plastic bags that were blowing around along the sides of the road and stuck in trees and on fences. What an eyesore.
I've been taking cloth bags to the grocery store for years, and have never gotten sick from anything. What do you think people carried groceries in before there were plastic bags?
Warning of disease may seem like an over-the-top scare tactic, but research suggests there’s more than anecdote behind this industry talking point. In a 2011 study, four researchers examined reusable bags in California and Arizona and found that 51 percent of them contained coliform bacteria. The problem appears to be the habits of the reusers. Seventy-five percent said they keep meat and vegetables in the same bag. When bags were stored in hot car trunks for two hours, the bacteria grew tenfold. http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/201...-bag-bans.html
I was driving down a major highway over the week-end and was remarking on all of the plastic bags that were blowing around along the sides of the road and stuck in trees and on fences. What an eyesore.
I've been taking cloth bags to the grocery store for years, and have never gotten sick from anything. What do you think people carried groceries in before there were plastic bags?
When was the last time you washed your grocery bags? Do you carry meat in them? Do you label the meat bag so it is only used for meat and never vegetables?
I was driving down a major highway over the week-end and was remarking on all of the plastic bags that were blowing around along the sides of the road and stuck in trees and on fences. What an eyesore.
I've been taking cloth bags to the grocery store for years, and have never gotten sick from anything. What do you think people carried groceries in before there were plastic bags?
Exactly.
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Originally Posted by shooting4life
Warning of disease may seem like an over-the-top scare tactic, but research suggests there’s more than anecdote behind this industry talking point. In a 2011 study, four researchers examined reusable bags in California and Arizona and found that 51 percent of them contained coliform bacteria. The problem appears to be the habits of the reusers. Seventy-five percent said they keep meat and vegetables in the same bag. When bags were stored in hot car trunks for two hours, the bacteria grew tenfold. The Disgusting Consequences of Plastic-Bag Bans - Bloomberg
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Originally Posted by shooting4life
When was the last time you washed your grocery bags? Do you carry meat in them? Do you label the meat bag so it is only used for meat and never vegetables?
I wash mine pretty regularly, maybe once a month or so.
You can easily get around the meat thing by designating one bag for meat/meat products only. Make it a different color from the others. Easy peasy. Seriously. Then wash the meat bag once a week; toss it in with your other very dirties. I have mop heads and microfiber cleaning cloths that are machine-washable; my supermarket bags get washed with those on hot, with bleach. I line-dry them and they're ready to rock and roll.
Warning of disease may seem like an over-the-top scare tactic, but research suggests there’s more than anecdote behind this industry talking point. In a 2011 study, four researchers examined reusable bags in California and Arizona and found that 51 percent of them contained coliform bacteria. The problem appears to be the habits of the reusers. Seventy-five percent said they keep meat and vegetables in the same bag. When bags were stored in hot car trunks for two hours, the bacteria grew tenfold. The Disgusting Consequences of Plastic-Bag Bans - Bloomberg
But people had and used reusable bags before paper/plastic entered the scene and really that wasn't too long ago.
Do we need education on how to clean re-usable bags now ?
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