for most occasions, even though the people at the hardware stores give funny looks…my favorites for their “ready on hand”-edness are the ones mongrel sells, regular size shopping bags with their own little stuff sack, rolls up neatly for your purse/backpack/glove compartment, sadly, they no longer carry the groovy print ones, only solids recently, but I think they have them in diff. sizes
i am in japan right now, but when i was in richmond i definitely brought my own bags…and got my roommates into bringing them too. here in japan i’ve only acquired maybe 5 plastic bags in 8 months. sayonara plastic bags. i think richmond should get on the “ban plastic bags” wagon.
give a try to BioBags or Spike’s Biodegradable Business Bags… they are a green alternative to pick up puppy poop … http://thisgreenlife.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/the-green-way-to-pick-up-doggie-doo-doo/…These bags are made of corn and even if they take longer than the 45 days (time it takes in compost) to decompose in a landfill, I’m betting they still break down faster than never, which is what happens with the plastic ones. I have used Spike’s with no blowouts or poke through horror.
yes…i have a reusable bag that rolls up and fits easily in my purse. it holds about 2 bags worth of groceries and is very handy. purchased at alchemy in carytown. they have a huge variety of designs.
My wife has two straw bags with handles and we inherited a rolling cart that I can push or tug to Kroger. It’s a European solution. I can’t carry everything, but most of what I need.
I get tired of picking up stray plastic bags out of my street’s bushes and trees, though they help when I’m trying to pick up some of the litter.
If plastic bags are left out in the sun for about a year, they do deteriorate. It’s when they get buried that they don’t break down.
When I’m going to a convenience store there’s this tendency and people seldom say no, to bag even a single item.
@harry, even if plastic bags deteriorate in the sun after a year, they are not fully biodegradable such as bags and films made of starch, biodegradable polymers and other renewable resources which get broken down into a neutral or biologically useful component
plastic bags…made of petroleum, end up in our waterways where even degraded components contaminate marine food web, dangerous to animals at land and sea, less than 5% actually get recycled, even some collected for recycling get shipped overseas for incineration rather than recycling,
yes. i have been trying hard to remember. target too!
for most occasions, even though the people at the hardware stores give funny looks…my favorites for their “ready on hand”-edness are the ones mongrel sells, regular size shopping bags with their own little stuff sack, rolls up neatly for your purse/backpack/glove compartment, sadly, they no longer carry the groovy print ones, only solids recently, but I think they have them in diff. sizes
I have 2 of those Kroger re-usable bags that I got for free with coupons. I have yet to remember to bring them with me to the store.
No, but I reuse all the bags they give me for other things in my house.
NO! I need those plastic bags!
@chase, you may have your cake and eat it too! Make those plastic bags into sturdy reusable shopping bags through the magic of crochet!
like this…
http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/Plastic%20Bag%20tote.html
that is a gorgeous craft but I’m not sure how I’d feel about picking up a dog turd with it.
i am in japan right now, but when i was in richmond i definitely brought my own bags…and got my roommates into bringing them too. here in japan i’ve only acquired maybe 5 plastic bags in 8 months. sayonara plastic bags. i think richmond should get on the “ban plastic bags” wagon.
give a try to BioBags or Spike’s Biodegradable Business Bags… they are a green alternative to pick up puppy poop …
http://thisgreenlife.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/the-green-way-to-pick-up-doggie-doo-doo/…These bags are made of corn and even if they take longer than the 45 days (time it takes in compost) to decompose in a landfill, I’m betting they still break down faster than never, which is what happens with the plastic ones. I have used Spike’s with no blowouts or poke through horror.
yes…i have a reusable bag that rolls up and fits easily in my purse. it holds about 2 bags worth of groceries and is very handy. purchased at alchemy in carytown. they have a huge variety of designs.
When I remember to bring the bag(s) with me, yes.
My wife has two straw bags with handles and we inherited a rolling cart that I can push or tug to Kroger. It’s a European solution. I can’t carry everything, but most of what I need.
I get tired of picking up stray plastic bags out of my street’s bushes and trees, though they help when I’m trying to pick up some of the litter.
If plastic bags are left out in the sun for about a year, they do deteriorate. It’s when they get buried that they don’t break down.
When I’m going to a convenience store there’s this tendency and people seldom say no, to bag even a single item.
@harry, even if plastic bags deteriorate in the sun after a year, they are not fully biodegradable such as bags and films made of starch, biodegradable polymers and other renewable resources which get broken down into a neutral or biologically useful component
plastic bags…made of petroleum, end up in our waterways where even degraded components contaminate marine food web, dangerous to animals at land and sea, less than 5% actually get recycled, even some collected for recycling get shipped overseas for incineration rather than recycling,