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[brihooter]

I wonder how long it will take for them to bam them here in AZ.  I bet they ban in all the cities closer to water first.  Do you think?

[Shortpoet-GTD]

We can talk about banning plastic grocery bags til we're blue in the face. The bigger issue remains;
plastic bags in general.
Buy bread? Toilet paper? Cheese? Deli products?  Frozen veggies/fruits? The list goes on and on and on.
Plastic bags are everywhere.
So the challenge is to buy the least offensive packaging and go from there.

[greenking]

Single-use bags, both paper and plastic, represent a huge threat to the environment. This threat is not only related to the sheer volume of them ending up in landfill, but also to the resources needed to produce, transport and (occasionally) recycle them, and the emissions resulting from these processes. Single-use plastic bags are also well known for their interference in ecosystems and the part they play in flood events, where they clog pipes and drains.
Envirosax presents a fashionable and practical solution to the problem of disposable plastic bags (each Envirosax potentially replaces the use of 6,000 bags during its lifetime), so please make a move in the right direction and help to reduce the impact of plastic bag waste worldwide by having a reusable bag today =)

[tri-n-b-helpful]

Shortpoet-GTD, on 02 February 2012 - 04:11 PM, said:

We can talk about banning plastic grocery bags til we're blue in the face. The bigger issue remains;
plastic bags in general.
Buy bread? Toilet paper? Cheese? Deli products?  Frozen veggies/fruits? The list goes on and on and on.
Plastic bags are everywhere.
So the challenge is to buy the least offensive packaging and go from there.

True, but we need to start somewhere and take it one step at a time. Our plastic bag ban has been in place for a long time now and people are used to the idea. Studies along the Coorong showed that it was these specific plastic bags and not those for bread, toilet paper and other household goods' packaging that were causing the problems on our beaches and in our wildlife sanctuaries, etc. Even so, our supermarkets are beginning to stock more and more items wrapped in packaging other than non-biodegradable plastic because there is more and more demand here for those types of products as people are becoming more aware of their impact on the environment.

[Sandra Piddock]

I use my own bags for shopping, as opposed to plastic bags from the supermarket. However, when I am given plastic bags, I always use them at least once, if not more, before disposing of them. If you stop and think about it, there are a number of ways to re-use and recycle plastic bags.

[Govind Joshi]

Well, I couldn't agree more. I live in Dehradun, India and I just started this discussion at one of the local green forums. I think it is very difficult to completely take out the plastic out of us. But we can always make a difference by using as less as possible. Taking our own bags whenever possible would be a great thing. Don't worry about who can't afford it or wouldn't do it. We must do it so as to at least reduce the use.
All this would add up and I am sure it will make a difference.

[Hayden]

@Govind welcome to the forums!

[brihooter]

Welcome Joshi!!

[boylopez]

Everywhere in the world, plastic is being used. In swam areas, lakes, rivers we can saw plastics floating. It may cause floods, and the plastic we trow will be back in our homes. The government must do an alternative to recycle it. The government also make solution to educate people.

[Green Thumb]

Nowadays, biodegradable plastics are available. Slowly but surely, strict rules should be pass on companies who’s plastic is their business to turn their products to be earth-friendly. They should think of the product transition from harmful to helpful especially if a lot of workers are depending on them otherwise their putting a bunch of people responsible for poisoning the earth eating inedible materials.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

boylopez, on 13 February 2012 - 06:17 PM, said:

Everywhere in the world, plastic is being used. In swam areas, lakes, rivers we can saw plastics floating. It may cause floods, and the plastic we trow will be back in our homes. The government must do an alternative to recycle it. The government also make solution to educate people.

It's not up to the government, nor is it their responsibility, imo.
It's up to sites like this one to educate people on the destruction that using plastics can cause, to the
environment and the living things on it.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

"What would it be like to swim down through the estimated 100 million tons of trash swirling around
in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Mandy Barker's photographs bring viewers probably as close as they'd ever want to come to finding out.

Looking at the images in the U.K.-based artist's "SOUP" series creates the vertiginous feeling
of sinking into the ocean, watching colorful -- but deadly -- bits of plastic in all shapes, sizes, and hues
rise through the blackness of the deep sea."
http://www.treehugge...ndy-barker.html
http://mandy-barker.com/current/soup/




http://www.treehugge...ndy-barker.html

[dj3000]

Paper bags are a much better choice than plastic. You can use them for other things when they are empty, such as storing paper to be recycled. Paper is much more eco- friendly.