After Solana Beach became the first city in the county to ban single-use plastic grocery bags at retail outlets, Councilman Mike Nichols said: “I’m proud … that we’re doing this. I hope that we’re not the last.” In Lemon Grove, Patch columnist Corky Lang recently wrote: “I have to draw a line in the sand. This wasteful practice is killing our environment, and quite simply has to stop.” Will Solana Beach’s action lead to a ban-the-bags movement here or end up in the trash bin of local history?
To me, there's no competition. Reusable bags are best.
Www.mckayjenkins.com. Is a powerful source of current information on plastic and it's toxicity on human and environment This is not a economical or political issue, it is a human survival issue BAG IT documentary aired on KPBS has details of the life cycle of plastic from bags to water bottle containers and their life cycle and negative impact on us in Carlsbad to a village in China and ocean between suffering the continuation illnesses and affects more articles like this are needed posing the questions and linking us to information, remedies and action each one if us can impliment
that is the longest single sentence i've ever seen written in my life.. i've read it three times..i;m still not sure what you said.. but it was a long trip getting to it.. doug
What will restaurants serve takeout foot to us in if these bags are banned? What's next, the styrofoam containers that takeout food is served in? "Save the enviornment!" Heck with that, a guy's gotta eat.
BTW, I've noticed that very few grocery stores in Europe provide any bagging service at all - the customers must bag their purchases themselves, no matter how large the number of grocery items. Maybe that has something to do with the European habit of reusing sturdier bags.
http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20120508/norovirus-outbreak-traced-reusable-grocery-bag?src=RSS_PUBLIC
I do like your suggestion to use more of our limited water to wash the bags. That seems like a good way to send more pollutants down the drain, also. A win-win.
As in the sewer?
How about this: Those that want to use environmentally friendly reusable bags use reusable bags. Those that want the convenience of plastic or have another use for them use plastic. The problem starts when some people think they know what other people need.
When you are talking about a City sanctioned ban you have removed choice from everyone. That store could choose to not provide bags, hopefully the people in favor of reusable bags would patronize that store because of that fact and improve business. Others may not patronize them because they don't provide bags. That's my point, give people a choice and let the market decide. as opposed to deciding for everyone what they need or prefer.
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