'Heart Of Gold'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I always insist I get three bags for every individual item I buy at the supermarket.
Heh. I was in a big suburb grocery store once, and they practically did that. My friend nearly had an aneurism. Actually, the same home-birth, cloth-diaper friend I mentioned yesterday.
I really should carry a canvas bag in my purse. I have a ton of them, but I only use them coming out of the house or out of the office.
I will have to look it up when I get home but there was an NPR story a few months ago about some of the pitfalls of well intentioned moves like banning all plastic grocery bags. I believe it was Ireland that did just that and found out in a later study that due to folks now buying plastic trash bin liners to replace the grocery bags they had been using to line bins that there was a significant increase in the number of trucks on the road to deliver the increased number of trash bags now selling. Since the trash bags are a thicker plastic is was a fairly impressive increase in the number of trucks and the increased pollution from the diesel engines arguably more than cancelled out the benefit of eliminating the plastic bags.
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
Dude! WTF was all that!?!
The Football gods are fucking with us?
I believe it was Ireland that did just that and found out in a later study that due to folks now buying plastic trash bin liners to replace the grocery bags they had been using to line bins that there was a significant increase in the number of trucks on the road to deliver the increased number of trash bags now selling.
That makes a ton of sense to me. I hardly ever buy garbage bags. But I could still use fewer plastic bags at home.
We work on cutting down on the number of plastic bags we bring home but use them for all kinds of things around the house. I think overall we need to reduce use of them but I'm against things like complete bans.
If they ban plastic bags, I'll have nothing to put the kitty litter in.
Yeah, I've been thinking about what's getting under my skin about that commercial, but I can't quite verbalize it.
I think the problem is that they are making poor africans used to having a consumer product that is relatively expensive for them and also incredibly bad for the environment. There are lots of alternatives that don't require so much plastic and cellulose.
It looks seriously cold at that game.
No doubt there are a dozen more canvas bags around here that I could toss in the car for groceries. We've picked up bunches at various trade shows. Need to dig some out.