[HORNET]

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

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!

[Steban]

Originally Posted by Darield

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

Take a look at the amount of packaging in your grocery cart before you bag your groceries. Rolls of paper towels are individually wrapped, then the individual rolls are wrapped in a group.

Most if your trash that you send to the curb is packaging. The packaging far outweighs the plastic bags.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Canada friends

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…

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

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

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.

$12,000,oo? Simple cremation for both parents. A vacation trip with my niece to Hawaii. And buried beneath a palm tree on Waikiki while playing in the sand.
No one in your family carrying your ashes to Hawaii? Well, where would you like to go. Or, like the song says, "dust in the wind".

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

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.

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.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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.

Office hours. The GE Doctor is in!

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by HORNET

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!

Organic plastic bags? Great idea! Biodegradable bags. Lead on, good buddy! We're all behind you on this.
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[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

Office hours. The GE Doctor is in!

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.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

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.

All good my friend. We all get ahead of ourselves on here at times!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

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.

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

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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

sort of like banning guns because they kill people

[Marmaduke]

Originally Posted by Pondboy

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….

... and watch out for deodorant with aluminum too. I have s very long list of what not to do, eat or say anymore.
In the last century, people lived to the average age of 50.
We've come long way in longetivity.
Wish we weren't all so smart.

[LeRoySmith]

Plastic Island in the Pacific Ocean, the Seventh Continent - Iberdrola.

I haven't seen it for myself but this doesn't sound great.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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

Certain macro doses of certain substances would make that a possibility for some....no Dr.?!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

sort of like banning guns because they kill people

Exactly like that!. I can pose the same question about guns that the anti plastic bag posters refuse to answer.

Has anyone ever seen a gun unlock itself from a gun safe, load itself with ammunition from a locked draw, float out to a phone, call an Uber, direct the driver to a school, church or movie theater, float out to the building then hover in midair and shoot a bunch of people???? ANYONE????EVER????

Because I've never seen a properly discarded or stored plastic grocery bag free itself and throw itself into the ocean. NEVER.