Those darn grocery store plastic bags!

Catlady said:
@Bonnie, where did you buy those bags, they're pretty and practical, too.
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They came as a set of 4 in different sizes/colors from a company in Ontario Canada called Merangue. .. I can't seem to locate a website with the bag details now.
I've had them for a few years and they are so practical, and clean easily.

Maybe someone here, in Canada would be more helpful ?
 

In Los Angeles, it's been several years that retailers have been legally prevented from offering free single use paper and plastic bags. No biggie. We all bring reusable bags with when shopping. Roadside trash has dropped considerably since the law was enacted, an unexpected benefit.

As for picking up animal poop, thin produce bags work just fine.

I don't line any of my trash cans. Kitchen scraps go into a bowl we keep for that purpose and then get dumped into the city compost trash can. Indoor trash receptacles for recycling and regular trash are likewise unlined and get dumped into the appropriate city cans as needed. I rinse them out once a week or so and turn them upside down in the sink to drain overnight. Bathroom trash cans likewise don't require lining.

Remember when we were kids and there weren't plastic bags? We rinsed indoor (and outdoor) receptacles on a regular basis and nobody thought a thing about it.
 
chic said:
Ruth, if NJ bans paper bags as well as plastic what will merchants put a person's purchase in?
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Chic,they say the supermarkets are going to hand out the canvas tote bags for free for a few months until everyone gets use to the idea. I'm wondering if the ban will apply to the produce bags. Even if I put the produce in my own tote bag,then do I have to remove it so it can be weighed when I check out? I can just see apples rolling all over the place and my broccoli falling apart after being handled so much. Time will tell I guess.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
Chic,they say the supermarkets are going to hand out the canvas tote bags for free for a few months until everyone gets use to the idea. I'm wondering if the ban will apply to the produce bags. Even if I put the produce in my own tote bag,then do I have to remove it so it can be weighed when I check out? I can just see apples rolling all over the place and my broccoli falling apart after being handled so much. Time will tell I guess.
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I agree. I wouldn't put a veg on that nasty dirty belt. And produce does roll everywhere, some of it, like apples pears, melons mangoes carrots and potatoes.

Is this just for grocery stores Ruth? What if someone goes clothes shopping for shoes or a winter coat? Are you supposed to bring your own bags for that too? What a nightmare for inventory control security. This whole thing is going too far IMO.
 
Produce bags are excepted from the laws in CA and all other states I've grocery shopped in since these bans have become popular.

In CA, stores like Target, Walgreens, etc., are included in the bans, but prescriptions are still bagged up. Clothing stores are excepted.

Each state has its own rules, but it stands to reason that areas coming late to the game would follow successful templates. Believe me, this is a lot like worrying over how you were going to fill your time in retirement... You get used to it in a hurry and will soon wonder not only why you were concerned about how it would work out, but also what the heck you did with all those bags that you used to get.

I only came to realize how incredibly wasteful single-use bags are when I stopped accumulating piles of them. For the record, many more plastic bags than I need STILL come my way.
 
We use so much plastic n some is recycled but what about, Ziplock bags, Baggies, chip bags, if they had food in them you can’t recycle them, right now we’re at war with plastic straws. As far as paper bags go, they complain that we need to use less paper but most of my recycle is paper junk mail!
 
Lvstotrvl said:
We use so much plastic n some is recycled but what about, Ziplock bags, Baggies, chip bags, if they had food in them you can’t recycle them, right now we’re at war with plastic straws. As far as paper bags go, they complain that we need to use less paper but most of my recycle is paper junk mail!
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Oh so true ... TONS of junk mail everyday! .. and it seems to get worse with time. Where is the concern over this problem?
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
I generally stay clear of the self check out lanes. I usually end up having to call someone over anyway. I went shopping today to pick up the last few items I needed for the holiday. Already the stores were packed so I decided to go through the self check out. All went well until I tried to open those plastic bags.
Impossible. It would have been quicker had I waited in line. It was so tempting to wet my finger but with the flu and colds in full swing I definitely would not do that,ever.
My next stop was the supermarket. I wiped down my cart with the wipes they provide and proceeded to the produce. Same problem. I couldn't get the bags open. To make matters worse they provided a little can of some kind of wax that you are suppose to dip your fingers in to open the bag
This thing was disgusting! It had hair,dirt and remnants of all sorts of stuff embedded in the wax.
I still had one of those wipes left so I wet my finger with that and it helped.
New Jersey is about to ban plastic bags as well as paper.
Until then I'll use the canvas bags I have. I can't wait to see those pesky bags go.
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There's an opportunity. Bring your own wax. I wet my fingers. What the heck. Germs are everywhere.
 
applecruncher said:
Some of the supermarket bags have a hole and are so flimsy I have to make sure to use 2/3 when I scoop the litter box. 😠
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I use an old small wicker basket that I was going to throw away. Put ONE bag in there, that has no holes, and fill it up, tie it, and take the basket to the trash bin and throw the bag in there. Has been working great for a long time, and I recycled two items, the basket and the plastic bags. Win, win!
 

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