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Never say, "never".

That;s funny. Never say "never" only once?

Paper or plastic...

I remember being shamed into choosing plastic over paper 20 years ago...you know save the rain forest and all. How is that working out for us???

Many stores "Up North" charge 10 cents for each paper bag.

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Originally Posted by Keith1911 (Post 2459006)

I remember being shamed into choosing plastic over paper 20 years ago...you know save the rain forest and all. How is that working out for us???

I remember people taking both types. They would put the paper bag inside the plastic bag, so they had "handles".

Years ago, paper was used prior to plastic bags. Paper would be much better for the environment, but getting the general population to use it is a challenge.

wow! did not know that

Years ago up north, they started charging 5 cents per plastic bag which led a lot of people to reuse. Now most grocery stores don't even offer plastic bags. You bring your own, or pay for a sturdy reusable bag.
As far as garbage is concerned, I agree, plastic bags are necessary. But I strongly disagree with the grocery size plastic bags being used for single use dog waste. What a waste!!! Even the smaller grocery veggie bags or buying dog waste bags seems a lot more reasonable IMHO.

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2458953)

Something to think about?

This won't make my Top 1000 things to think about, it's all fake news.

Not fake news as far as consumption of the microplastics and the disruption of hormones from them. If you want to avoid ingesting microplastics, avoid buying those plastic bottles with water. Also, as an aside, tea bags have microplastics, but are destroyed by heating, so brew your tea.

All of our trash is burned so this is not an issue

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2458956)

If you keep them out of the garbage, then what do you do with them, when it's time to discard them (if they get torn, or dirty)?

Something you can do, when it is time to toss them in the trash - is cut the handles. It prevents critters from sticking their heads through the hole and being unable to dislodge the bag from their neck. You should do that with 6-pack plastic doodads as well.

Still can’t figure out why I have to buy plastic bags for my garbage can up here in New Jersey when we used to get them for free at the grocery store check out. Uggh

[QUOTE=Darield;2458944]Lately I have been getting feeds on my phone about foods and products to avoid to reduce our consumption of micro plastics.

2025 hurricane season has been incredibly slow.

Just had to comment

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Originally Posted by Darield (Post 2458944)

Lately I have been getting feeds on my phone about foods and products to avoid to reduce our consumption of micro plastics. So this has obviously become a problem since we are even finding this nasty stuff in our livestock our soil
and of course The Ocean. I decided to ask several stores how many plastic bags they go through a day and the common answer was between 4-7,000 A DAY! I then looked up approximately how may grocery stores are in Florida? Approximately 20,000. If I multiply 20,000 x 3,000 bags (a very conservative number). Just in Florida we are using approximately 60 million plastic bags a day!! We don't have the manpower to recycle this plastic (latest figures are between 5 and 6% gets recycled) so the majority ends up in landfills, the ocean or best yet, we burn it in huge trash facilities. Please use reusable grocery bags.
If this interests you, here are some links to read more;
5 Things You Need to Know About How Florida Banned Plastic Bags - Debris Free Oceans
plastic-bags/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1131131088/recycling-plastic-is-practically-impossible-and-the-problem-is-getting-worsehttps://shunpoly.com/article/how-much-of-the-usas-plastic-is-recycled

I just had to comment on this. I lived in CA for 25 years. They did away with bags. So, you have these people who bring gross, cockroach infested, meat juice covered bags that are left in their filthy trunk. Those bags go on the counter contaminatinating everything else. Just saying that it was not a good thing. I use my bags in the car, waste baskets and over and over again. I was SO happy that FL didn't do away with their bags.

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2459002)

I put "Recycling" at number one, because it started before the "Climate Change" scam ... but there's no question they're the biggest scams of our lives.

2020 says hello!

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Originally Posted by Darield (Post 2458944)

Lately I have been getting feeds on my phone about foods and products to avoid to reduce our consumption of micro plastics. So this has obviously become a problem since we are even finding this nasty stuff in our livestock our soil and of course The Ocean. I decided to ask several stores how many plastic bags they go through a day and the common answer was between 4-7,000 A DAY! I then looked up approximately how may grocery stores are in Florida? Approximately 20,000. If I multiply 20,000 x 3,000 bags (a very conservative number). Just in Florida we are using approximately 60 million plastic bags a day!! We don't have the manpower to recycle this plastic (latest figures are between 5 and 6% gets recycled) so the majority ends up in landfills, the ocean or best yet, we burn it in huge trash facilities. Please use reusable grocery bags.
If this interests you, here are some links to read more;
5 Things You Need to Know About How Florida Banned Plastic Bags - Debris Free Oceans
plastic-bags/https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1131131088/recycling-plastic-is-practically-impossible-and-the-problem-is-getting-worsehttps://shunpoly.com/article/how-much-of-the-usas-plastic-is-recycled

Repurpose them as trash can liners and make energy with the garbage collection

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2458948)

Sorry, but I like the plastic bags and I will keep using them.

Me too...