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ACertainShade
Peon
June 3rd, 2010 @ 2:16PM
Registered:
2003-04-06
Location:
Canada
Posts: 229
| Here in Ontario, Canada we pay 5-10 cents per plastic bag. It`s almost worth it to invest in the 99 reusable bags, because 1 shop is going to pay for most of that bag if you go plastics.
Plus they`re not that big of a hassle to throw in the trunk of the car between uses. |
DarthDommo
Marine
June 3rd, 2010 @ 4:55PM
Registered:
2003-03-26
Location:
Iowa
Posts: 53
| The government doesn`t make money, so it`s actually YOUR money they are screwing the government out of. |
SupaTy
O Canada
June 3rd, 2010 @ 6:54PM
Registered:
2003-10-06
Location:
Canada
Posts: 19
| I think you`re complaining a bit excessively about the proposed banning of plastic bags. Admittedly, I don`t know much about how they will charge you for paper, however not using plastic bags will cut down on environmental pollution. Just take a look at the Pacific Garbage Patch (a good portion of it is plastic material).
Don`t be so selfish and think of your kids. |
BiVRiP
General
June 3rd, 2010 @ 8:15PM
Registered:
2003-05-11
Location:
Canada
Posts: 1884
| What AcertainShade said. I have about 8-10 bags at my place. I prefer them over plastic because they're far more durable/reusable and larger so you can put more things into one bag. Also I have no use for the plastic bags once I empty the groceries so they usually end up in the trash. |
hjparcins
General
June 3rd, 2010 @ 9:32PM
Registered:
2008-10-27
Location:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Posts: 980
| Glad I don't live in California, sounds like a real pain in the ass.
I use those plastic bags to pick up my dog's shit. |
AggieSpirit
Peon
June 3rd, 2010 @ 9:37PM
Registered:
2004-12-09
Location:
Texas
Posts: 251
| SupaTy,
Why don`t people like you quit being so selfish as to impose your hyper-environmental regulation and inconveniences on the rest of us?
There is plastic trash in the Pacific. Big f-ing deal man. I`ll start caring about that when people like you start giving a damn about protecting unborn children from being murdered.
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Nebuchadnezzar
The King
June 4th, 2010 @ 1:14AM
Registered:
2003-03-20
Location:
Irvine, CA
Posts: 3630
| My chick was all rooting for the Canadian here. She thinks that would somehow actually make a difference.
There's still going to be trash in the ocean, this won't fix anything. All it will do is mean people will now get charged when before it was free. The same people will continue to throw plastic bags around.
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DeuceOfSpades
Kali Compton
June 4th, 2010 @ 2:07AM
Registered:
2003-04-12
Location:
Posts: 3180
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shark180
Liberal hater
June 4th, 2010 @ 9:09AM
Registered:
2004-01-25
Location:
MI
Posts: 962
| You can recycle plastic bags in my area. But one thing my girl and I do is we've bought like 4 reusable bags, and w.e you get have them toss that in a paper bag. Unless they get wet you can use paper bags over and over...until your cat eats them. |
Charkoth
Right Wing Extremist
June 4th, 2010 @ 9:50AM
Registered:
2003-05-08
Location:
OHIO
Posts: 2207
| I love how the Libs always try to use our guilt to get us to inconvenience ourselves, just to make them feel better.
You want to fucking get rid of the plastic dumped in the ocean? You don't stop using plastic... you go after the assholes dumping it in the ocean moron. Plastic floats. The question we should be asking ourselves is how much shit sank to the bottom of the sea?
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Darren
Red State Cowboy
June 4th, 2010 @ 10:21AM
Registered:
2004-08-30
Location:
Dallas, TX
Posts: 1145
| Plastic degrades over time, in a few million years (and after we're all gone) there won't be any remnants of plastic and the earth will go right back to business as usual. The only reason we are here is because the earth wants plastic.
Plastic bags suck anyhow, they tear too easily, always ask for double bagging. It keeps them from tearing, it fills up the landfills twice as fast, and you get extra bags for picking up dog poo.
When I was a teen and bagging groceries for money at the local Skaggs, people would bring those cloth bags in and they were such a pain in the ass to load. Personally, I prefer plastic double bagged by paper on the outside, as this insulates the cold stuff better. This way I know I am killing trees and helping the evil earth with it's insatiable appetite for more plastic. |
AggieSpirit
Peon
June 5th, 2010 @ 2:22AM
Registered:
2004-12-09
Location:
Texas
Posts: 251
| I think let-wing loony cities should ban the distribution and sale of condoms because these things take forever to break down. They cost cities millions in maintenance fees from clogs they create in city sewage systems. Not to mention that they take thousands of years to completely break down too, just like plastic. But you know what -- something tells me that the left will not consider banning these environmentally unfriendly devices. It`s more important to the left that Johnny 14 year old with a boner can "safely" stick it to any girl he wants - at government cost too if necessary. But a 14 year old virgin with plastic grocery bag -- now this is just completely intolerable. |
Macavity
Peon
June 5th, 2010 @ 3:26AM
Registered:
2005-04-16
Location:
Posts: 105
| The final word on plastic bags and the `environment`.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqSPahiMxw |
BiVRiP
General
June 5th, 2010 @ 5:20PM
Registered:
2003-05-11
Location:
Canada
Posts: 1884
| Aggie, most condoms are made of latex(rubber) which are biodegradable provided they are not under water. Your maintenance/sewage point is a red herring - toilets are made for the disposal of human waste and toilet paper. Consequently, flushing anything other than the aforementioned is not a good thing to do.
Your comparison of plastic bags to condoms is a joke. Condoms are used to reduce the chance of unwanted pregnancies and prevent the transmission of STDs. It's arguably the most inexpensive and most effective solution. You can chant for abstinence until you're blue in the face, but the simple reality is teenagers are going to have sex whether you like it or not. Seeing as how Texas is ranked #4 in teen pregnancies in the US, this should be no surprise to you. View it as a necessary evil if you will, but condoms serve a very important and practical function in our society.
Plastic bags? They're used to carry things from point A to B. There are alternatives which are more economical. Are you honestly trying to tell me that condoms are just as bad or worse than plastic bags? That the negative impact of the use and disposal of condoms outweighs the all the costs associated in dealing with teen pregnancies and STDs?
As far as I'm concerned, if people want to keep using plastic bags, all the power to them. My pragmatism tells me that the additional cost imposed on plastic bag buyers by grocery stores has less to do with environmentalism and more to do with some clever marketing on the corporate side to introduce a new revenue stream. The environmental angle is just a convenient byproduct. |
Charkoth
Right Wing Extremist
June 5th, 2010 @ 8:01PM
Registered:
2003-05-08
Location:
OHIO
Posts: 2207
| I just burn my plastic bags along with the rest of my trash. Who needs landfills?
I agree with BivRip(a rarity) on his last paragraph. |
