tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post2854166703699367985..comments2024-02-19T09:05:53.444-08:00Comments on Akit's Complaint Department: No more grocery store bags? This has gone too farAkithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905273274257369338noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post-79326445602980766912009-10-26T18:55:12.291-07:002009-10-26T18:55:12.291-07:00I noticed just recently of Lucky Supermarkets givi...I noticed just recently of Lucky Supermarkets giving out black colored plastic bags instead of paper.<br /><br />There's in interesting regulation about the plastic bag law in the city, stores can give it out if it meets a certain thickness; in Lucky's case, it's a thicker bag they are giving out.Akithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905273274257369338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post-13867444186614003672009-10-26T17:36:52.753-07:002009-10-26T17:36:52.753-07:00At Whole Foods, Mollie Stones, and DeLano's, y...At Whole Foods, Mollie Stones, and DeLano's, you get 5 cents back (per bag, per trip?) if you use your own bags. Strange human observation - a "discount" isn't viewed the same as a "charge".murphstahoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378354136823393492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post-5627320325067643262009-10-22T08:59:27.387-07:002009-10-22T08:59:27.387-07:00San Francisco never banned plastic bags. Every sto...San Francisco never banned plastic bags. Every store along Irving Street has them. I have a huge box of them at home as I re-use them from time to time. SF just did a poseur move by banning them only at chain stores.<br /><br />This undermines the argument against them. If they're evil, why are they only evil at "chain stores?" If not, why not?<br /><br />Ireland did this right by simply having all plastic bags available at stores, one simply had to pay for them (to cover the actual cost of the bag to the waste managment system). Within a year 90% of people used re-usable bags, and using said plastic ones was akin to a person not scooping up their dogs poop. People simply shared their bags with each other and even the stores that opposed it are now for it.<br /><br />www.gregdewar.comGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639710572191340548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post-57222419575180666002009-10-21T15:07:56.902-07:002009-10-21T15:07:56.902-07:00Plastic bags have always been recyclable, the prob...Plastic bags have always been recyclable, the problem is that they aren't sortable. They tangle up with other materials, get caught in and wound around conveyors, and are practically impossible to tear or shred using the machinery that processes other plastics.<br /><br />Biodegradable bags won't stay around forever but they still cause the same problems if they get into sorting equipment.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726208307206140170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714426597280694490.post-73554977445765855162009-10-21T11:16:25.697-07:002009-10-21T11:16:25.697-07:00"it has been demonstrated that when grocery s..."it has been demonstrated that when grocery stores collect used plastic bags, they can be used to make helpful items like benches. There's a bench made out of recycled plastic shopping bags at the Lucky supermarket at Lakeshore Plaza at the left entrance."<br /><br />The US probably goes through enough plastic water/coke/juice/milk bottles daily to produce enough "helpful items like benches" for years. We don't need to make plastic shopping bags in order to be able to recycle them into benches.murphstahoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378354136823393492noreply@blogger.com