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Old 04-14-2013, 02:20 PM
 
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SF banned styrofoam a long time ago, and now charges .10 cents for any bags in a retail environment (even supermarket).

Some of it seems 'nannying' but some ideas of reusing make a whole lot more sense than recycling. (inefficient).

The sheer amount of garbage New Yorkers throw out is mind boggling.
I'd love to see big businesses give incentives to reuse- (Ikea does this), but if Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts could incentivize people discounts by brining back or reusing their own quality cup/mug it would reduce tons of trash.
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Old 04-14-2013, 02:59 PM
 
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SF banned styrofoam a long time ago, and now charges .10 cents for any bags in a retail environment (even supermarket).

Some of it seems 'nannying' but some ideas of reusing make a whole lot more sense than recycling. (inefficient).

The sheer amount of garbage New Yorkers throw out is mind boggling.
I'd love to see big businesses give incentives to reuse- (Ikea does this), but if Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts could incentivize people discounts by brining back or reusing their own quality cup/mug it would reduce tons of trash.
Whole Foods gives you .10 cents for every bag you bring in yourself when you get groceries there.

Other stores that give me the plastic bags I use them as my garbage at home. I take it out daily so those work perfectly.
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Old 04-14-2013, 07:44 PM
 
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SF banned styrofoam a long time ago, and now charges .10 cents for any bags in a retail environment (even supermarket).
And now it turns out the dirty hippies are dying of their own filth:
The Disgusting Consequences of Plastic-Bag Bans - Bloomberg
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Old 04-14-2013, 09:31 PM
 
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And now it turns out the dirty hippies are dying of their own filth:
The Disgusting Consequences of Plastic-Bag Bans - Bloomberg
WASH YOUR BAGS, FOOLS. What is so hard to understand about that? You wash kitchen rags and bathroom towels, why the hell wouldn't you occasionally wash your reusable bag from which your food comes?
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Old 04-15-2013, 06:19 AM
 
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Most of out food comes packaged so except for loose produce, contamination is not much of an issue, certainly not with anything prewrapped, in cartons, bottles, boxes or cans.
But loose produce will always be an exception, needing a new plastic bag, and the only worry would be the migrant worker who schyt in the field next to your lovely red lettuce.

Drippy meats will always need special care and fresh plastic. Same with fresh fish.

So there will always be a need for a combination of reuseable and easily recyclable or biodegradable ways to get food home. Part of my battle is won with a cardboard box that opens into my "granny cart" and cans, boxes, cartons, bottles etc just get dumped in the bottom. Perishable and frozen stuff goes into old plastic bags.

But I think styrofoam is a special case whose banning would be a terrific idea. (As I sit here sucking my coffee from a styrofoam cup.) As soon as I get rid of these Goddamn taxes, I'll see what Macy's has to offer. Do you think the clerks will mind if I put my mouth on all their cups?
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Old 04-15-2013, 07:53 AM
 
Location: Brooklyn New York
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WASH YOUR BAGS, FOOLS. What is so hard to understand about that? You wash kitchen rags and bathroom towels, why the hell wouldn't you occasionally wash your reusable bag from which your food comes?

When i buy my ziplock bags with the little zipper thing on them, I re use them. I wash them and hang them on the line to dry. There is nothing wrong with them to throw them out. I use the same ones over and over until they cannot be used anymore. I have all different sizes.
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Old 04-16-2013, 07:13 AM
 
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It's a crime to throw out those ziplocks.
I resuse the ones I get from the deli too.
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