NY State plastic bag ban, effective March 1st

[Tommy]

As seems to be the trend these days, they attack the inanimate object rather than the person who abuses it. Somehow, people should not have to be accountable for their actions.

Plastic can be used responsibly. We've recycled and used cloth grocery bags for decades, not to "save the planet" but simply because it's the responsible thing to do. We still end up with plenty of single use plastic bags which are virtually always repurposed but eventually end up in the trash.

When I look at the amount of plastic I take to the transfer center I have to laugh at these bans. Plastic milk cartons, yogurt containers, other food containers, bubble wrap, product containers ... the list is very long. Should we ban them all? By weight, plastic bags are a tiny percentage of the total.

Our plastic bags, along with other non-recyclable wastes, ultimately end up in with rest of the garbage to be sent to an industrial waste incinerator. These days incinerators have become quite efficient and any air pollution created is very small.

Biodegradable single use plastic bags have been around for decades yet nobody is clamoring for them.

The problem isn't plastic nor even single use plastic bags. It's irresponsible people. JMHO

 

[Butterfly]

Marie,

If all else fails tell your friend that they sell 125 count sandwich bags at the Dollar Tree, I know it's more plastic but it's an inexpensive solution.

You can also buy dog poo bags at any pet store (Wal-Mart has 'em, too). They are quite inexpensive.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I've been using those store reusable bags. The main reason was those plastic bags only held the groceries till halfway into the parking lot. I got tierd of picking my food all over the parking lot and my driveway. There have been a few times that I forgot the bags at home. After putting my food away, I had this enormous pile of crumpled up plastic bags. When you look at it, plastic bags are poor things to be used to haul food items around. They really aren't that reusable, they pile up in dumps, or kill the environment.