Originally Posted by Darield (Post 2315288)

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

Originally Posted by Darield (Post 2315288)

I am amazed that Florida still allows the use of plastic bags in grocery stores.

Originally Posted by Canada friends (Post 2315514)

I’m from Canada and we are eliminating plastic bags.. When I come to the Villages I’m so disappointed that stores especially Walmart continue to use plastic bags…Why is it that people can spend $400.00 at Costco who don’t offer bags and don’t have an issue…then go to Walmart and use 10 bags for a $50.00 order…Hello people don’t you see what these bags are doing to the environment…

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2315668)

If I had a spare $12,000 laying around, I might think seriously about becoming an upside-down flower pot helping to save coral reefs and allowing fish to swim by. Might be a pleasant view. Beats ending up as a bunch of ashes eventually tossed away.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2315634)

The problem with plastic bags is not just "a few grams of plastic". The problem is that the lightweight plastic bags get blown around into our local lakes and even the Gulf of Mexico - where they cause problems (even death) for birds, fish, and mammals.
.........Then they can decompose and create these micro-particles that NEVER decompose and are ending up messing up earthworms, which are very IMPORTANT to agriculture. Then they end up in carrots and other root crops and then into human beings - where they are producing un-researched problems.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2315721)

Again, it's NOT THE BAG, it's how people dispose of them. I've never seen a plastic grocery bag free itself from a sealed trash bag and blow itself into the ocean, have you??? And these plasma burn plants don't leave microparticles for earthworms.

Originally Posted by HORNET (Post 2315706)

why worry about the bags, what about the water bottles, deli-food in plastic, bread in plastic, frozen foods in plastic, fruits and vegetables in plastic, ETC! So what’s your point? Maybe if they would come out with Organic Plastic Bags!

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston (Post 2315725)

Office hours. The GE Doctor is in! ;)

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2315731)

Seen plastic bags fall(?) From boats/ships and, with the help of wave action, various types of sealife, the bags open in short order and contents are dispersed. Happens often, sad to say. The problem is international.

Dear Shipping,
My response was actually to the good Dr. My error.

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2315731)

Seen plastic bags fall(?) From boats/ships and, with the help of wave action, various types of sealife, the bags open in short order and contents are dispersed. Happens often, sad to say. The problem is international.

Dear Shipping,
My response was actually to the good Dr. My error.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2315715)

Hello! It's not what the bags are doing, it's what the people who inappropriately discard them are doing

Originally Posted by Pondboy (Post 2315318)

We’ve gotten better at detecting them. Not sure I’d call it hysteria, just clarification on what impact plastic has on us, our environment and future generations.

The oil and gas industry pulled the wool over our eyes by making us believe that plastic was so much better than paper. Here we are 20 years later with all types of particulates floating in our oceans and blood streams. It’s bad for the environment, no matter how you look at it.

Thanks to the OP for posting it. I’ve brought my own bags to the grocery stores for years instead of using plastic ones provided. Europeans have been doing it for decades.

I hope that more people will understand how harmful plastic is to the environment. Future generations will look back upon us and wonder how we could be so stupid.

I hope your not still using Teflon cookware….thats more crap that’s poisoned us….

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2315738)

Ever see a plastic bag properly secured on a boat, say in a cabinet, jump out all by itself????

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith (Post 2315742)

sort of like banning guns because they kill people