Time to Declare War on Plastic Bags

[Simbagal23]

I use my plastic grocery bags to pick up dog poo..... I guess I should look for a pooper-scooper shovel and use a paper bag, however, paper bags are not always condusive for some of the nastier dog poo.

[Hungary Jack]

I use my plastic grocery bags to pick up dog poo..... I guess I should look for a pooper-scooper shovel and use a paper bag, however, paper bags are not always condusive for some of the nastier dog poo.

I wish my neighbors were like you. A lot of them just leave the dog [expletive] on the grass.

[Diddy]

Of course, simply not getting a bag when you don't need it, or using your own bag(s) is the best way to go.

I was at the store yesterday and a lady got a bag of chips, the cashier didnt put it in a bag and the lady jumped the cashier "how do you expect me to carry that if your not going to give me a bag"

[clement]

Austin city council came close to banning plastic grocery bags already, and I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually happens. Whole Foods, I believe, only offers paper now.

That'll last until the enviroloons figure out that trees (a renewable resource BTW...) are cut down to make those paper bags.
These environmental goofs are so hilarious...

Environmental goofs/loons try to use their own bags as much as possible; in other words neither paper nor plastic. In my case, I use my trolley to go to the grocery store, which might sound loony to you too I guess, but it helps considering that I also walk to the grocery store and it's about a 1/2 mile walk up and down hills in perpetual 90 degree heat.

I'm glad you get so much humor out of things. But do you ever actually provide alternative solutions or ideas? Or is this just another salvo you like to lob at those people or ideas that you don't like, much like the unspecified activist judges?

[MrCrowesGarden]

I use my plastic grocery bags to pick up dog poo..... I guess I should look for a pooper-scooper shovel and use a paper bag, however, paper bags are not always condusive for some of the nastier dog poo.

That's me as well. Two big Labradors put out a lot of excrement. I don't have any of the green bags, but I at least make sure to put the plastic bags I have to use.

[cpebbles]

Plastic bags wrapped around a stick and lit on fire make for awesome torches. They drip little bits of burning plastic that go "Phooooo!" as they fall.

[Arthur Dent]

I use my trolley to go to the grocery store

Is a "trolley" the same thing as a shopping cart?

[docellis]

I use my trolley to go to the grocery store

Is a "trolley" the same thing as a shopping cart?

the call them "buggies" in the south. "Do you need a buggy, maam?"

[G. Keenan]

I use my trolley to go to the grocery store

Is a "trolley" the same thing as a shopping cart?

I'm guessing it only has two wheels and isn't nearly as large. People use them around here.

[clement]

Mine looks remarkably similar to this one. I bought it in 1997 when I first moved to Paris for about $20 (a cheap one; but they can get much more expensive). But here I am 11 years later and it still is rolling up staircases while carrying a packed load of drinks and other groceries.



Just wanted to address another off-the-cuff remark that Radio-B made: Trees are indeed renewable. But it does take several years (sometimes 20) to regrow trees that are cut down. That's all fine as long as our use of the trees doesn't exceed our capacity to regrow them (and as long as we are managing the tree use - i.e., protecting the rainforest and the natural forests and the habitats that live in them). But regardless, paper made from recycled wood and recycled paper products is far more environmentally sustainable and cheaper than using trees for paper. So yeah, we will always need to farm trees for consumption, but we also need to recycle the wood and paper products that we have already made from trees in order to have an alternative, additional, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly source of paper.