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Originally Posted by Darield
I am amazed that Florida still allows the use of plastic bags in grocery stores. So many other states have banned it. We now have microplastics (very small plastic particles) in our agriculture soil, ocean and just about anywhere you can think of. There are so many studies that verify the dangers of plastics and I cringe every time I go to the grocery store and see 10-20-30 plastic bags per cart. Just one Publics said they can go through thousands of plastic bags in a day. Here is one link that talks about how serious this problem has gotten. It's our new DDT. How microplastics are infiltrating the food you eat . There are now studies beiing done of earthworms ingesting micro-plastics. ScienceDirect |
One must ask... how many plastic container or packaged items are in just ONE Villages grocery store? How much plastic is picked up twice a week in the Villages and incerated locally?
Three or four plastic bags as you leave to CARRY your stuff is a problem? Nope.
Mine get recycled within the home. Many uses. Sorry for not feeling sorry.
The powers that be virtue signaling over worms digesting plastics, nanoparticulates are ALL AROUND us. Do the ptb feel bad for us?
Enter in rice paper, algae, kudsu weed based containers... then maybe carrying my groceries to the car in plastic will convict me. Guilt sorry, that's a big, fat nope.
"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" KEEP IT THAT WAY. FL practices free choice. We LIKE our plastic straws and grocery bags. Those not in favor by all means fly far far away from The Villages and be one's own special kind of free.