Plastic is harmless when disposed of properly?? Turn the channel and think of someone other than yourself.

just get another straw:duck:

Pretty amazing...eh? :oops:

This "phasing out of plastic bags" is the result of a remarkably conceived and executed marketing conspiracy mounted by the American Paper Institute and the Paper Bag Institute going back to the 1960s, and is well documented here. Follow the money.

Additional participants included the Glass Packaging Institute, the aluminum industry trade association, the General Federation of Women's Clubs (really; read the linked documentary evidence which was originally created on request for the Federal Trade Commission), the Environmental Defense Fund, Greenpeace, the late (self-proclaimed; read his books) socialist professor Barry Commoner, and an assortment of other parties who viewed all things plastic as a COMMERCIAL, NOT ENVIRONMENTAL, industry competitor and disrupter of then traditional materials markets and competitor revenues.

Any questions, please message me.

You are ALWAYS allowed to pack your own bags. I don't like other people bagging for me. I always bag my own.

I agree however paper isn't the only material available for straws anymore.

You can get metal straws which can be sterilized (boiled or sanitized), bamboo straws have made a pretty big hit, and you can buy straws made out of thick, sturdy, washable re-useable plastic (as opposed to single-use).

I've never seen a "greeter" at Publix. Walmart, yes but never Publix.

Just wondering how many of those that vehemently despise plastic bags stand at the mail stations and throw their junk mail in the regular trash? Sort of like the celebrities who travel to environmental meetings on private jets and luxury yachts.

Lots of differing opinions on this thread with, I assume some misinformation on both sides. Somewhere, some time, government will make the decisions for us since we can't get behind either side in mass. By the way, I got a reply from Publix Corporate and their only comment was they are committed to being environmentally responsible. It was a totally PC response :)

Junk mail is made out of paper. Paper is fully biodegradeable and will compost easily in a landfill. Plastic is not biodegradeable, and will not compost at all.

While I don't like junk mail and definitely throw most of it away, I have fewer concerns about waste with it because of the fact that it will break down at the landfill.

Publix heavily funds lobbyists to fight anti-plastic bag legislation.

City commissioners: Publix stifles plastic ban | News | alligator.org

In 1960 no one had even considered the enviroment, and Greenpeace was not founded until 1971.

Now why didn't I think of that?

The U.S. population makes up about 4.3 percent of the world population. Every human uses plastic. So, to me, this issue should be discussed as a global problem. Otherwise, what is the point? I like the plastic bags at Publix, and don't want to bring my own bags, unless everybody else in the world does the same.

https://www.ecoproducts.com/images/p...egradation.pdf

Steve

I called him a greeter but that was just my terminology when describing...........

......... the guy who was standing at the entrance of Publix who was giving out key rings with a tiny fabric re-usable bag attached to it that said "Don't forget your re-usable bags" and was informing everyone who came in the store that Publix will be phasing out plastic bags in the near future. Whew, that was a mouthful!!!

I've never seen a "greeter" in Publix either. I guess I should have called him something else. Sorry to have confused the issue.

READ THE LINKED DOCUMENT... I didn't say "1960"... I said "1960s"... a ten-year time-frame.

Doing away with bags.....what is next? Maybe buying a TV without a box or maybe a toaster, pots and pans set etc.

.....and I said 1971. Outside the conspiracy lovers timeframe.

Front end Manager at Publix on Bichara Blvd 3 PM today said listen up Jimmy Olsen. Tell Perry White Great Cesars Ghost, drop the Thread cause the Bags are staying. No formal notice from corporate cause he would be the guy who would have gotten notified. I give you my word I wrote his name down on the back of the receipt and shredded it, I think it was Larry.

It’s over kids onto something else?

The exact thing happened to me. The next time I said, you can use all bags, not everything has to go in one bag, she said ok and still stuffed the bag.

So bag your own!

SO many people say "why do (the curse-word filter actually filtered out the word bag..gers) do such a lousy job, it's not hard, anyone can do it" and yet - they refuse to do it.

Honestly, it's pretty easy once you learn how. There's actually some small amount of skill, observation, and intuition required to properly bag groceries.

I double dare you to do your own from now on.

Ridiculous. I can bag groceries better than you, I’m sure. What I can’t do when there are long lines is unload the cart, pack the bags and pay for the groceries all at once and they prefer you don’t pack your own. Yes, even when asked, they have overpacked the bags. Each to their own.

Just an idea...I keep several reusable canvas shopping bags in the back seat and trunk of my car. That may also work for you.

The only way paper wins in any environmental category is in the disposal portion of its life cycle.

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:confused: This reply made me think of a question that I have been meaning to ask for some time now. Has anyone ever seen Nucky and Superman in the same room at the same time. I know I haven't. This can mean only one thing.......:super:

I also keep one in each golf cart. We use the shopping list connected to our phones via Alexa so when I'm out and close to a Publix I check to app to see if anything has been added. Cuts down on the shopping trips.

It's not the only way. Another way is the method of acquisition. Plastic is made from oil - an unrenewable resource. You can't plant an oil deposit and let it grow from seed. Most paper is made from wood - a 100% renewable resource. You can plant a tree and cut it down when it's grown, and replace it with another sapling, over and over again, ad infinitum.

Ah yes, I heard in the last days someone very high in the federal gov’t said.....the US will be planting one trillion trees.

The latest info from Colony Publix
 

I spoke to a manager today at Colony Publix about the phasing out of plastic bags. This is what was said........

I questioned why some Publix stores are not aware of the phasing out of plastic bags. I was told that Colony Publix is the busiest store in the area so they receive information before the other stores.

I was told Publix, as a company, would like to completely phase out plastic bags. However, the company will be supplying less bags to the stores and will be charging the customers for the plastic bags. The amount to be charged for the plastic bags is unknown at this time and when this will be implemented is also unknown.

This is part of a nationwide trend. It's most prevalent along the coastal states (west and east), but as has been mentioned in several posts (not just by me) - Aldi's has been doing it this way from the get-go. It doesn't matter WHY they've been doing it - the fact is, they've been doing it all along.

Big box stores do it as well, so most people should have some experience, however limited, with having to either a) bring your own bags, b) buy bags at the store, or c) take empty case boxes from the store instead of bags.

Use the bag your newspaper is delivered in.

Can't get many groceries in them!:icon_wink:

Thank you!

And there are items like RAW MEAT that should
be put in plastic so it doesn’t leak or contaminate anything.

The super-thin bags used for packing meat and produce wouldn't be eliminated, even if they do get rid of the grocery bags. You'll still be able to use those, and protect the rest of your groceries.

OR YOU CAN BUY THEM ON AMAZON which I've said several times. I don't know why anyone would have a problem with that, if they absolutely can't possibly stand to live without a plastic bag that they're going to throw away when they get home anyway.

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Ah. So that's why every checkout clerk robotically says, "Thank you for bringing a bag."

I never liked the change from paper to plastic and have been using my own bags for decades. I leave four large and small bags in the car for groceries, CVS, takeout, etc.

Remember when we all lined our kitchen garbage cans with paper bags? I wonder if the requirement for plastic trash bags will ever be revisited ...

Big box stores don't offer bags and we all adapted to that. Maybe not Nucky. :)

Not everyone has the paper delivered.