Paper vs plastic

[tgavin71]

Re: Paper vs plastic

In Australia there are very few shops that offer paper bags as an alternative to plastic. I am 35 and I have never been asked. The standard issue plastic bags are a great size for garbage. They are 30cm by 30cm. There is a big push to ban plastic bags altogether which is ridiculous because a majority of people reuse there plastic bags in one way or another. If they were banned I would just have to go and pay for them in another part of the store. the same amount of plastic is going to landfill.
All the supermarkets sell what are called "green bags" that are a sturdy cloth material that can be reused. If I have to get a lot of items I take a green bag because they are stronger but if I only need a couple of things and am running low on garbage bags than I will just use a plastic bag.

[getforfree]

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Those green bags cost at least $1 or more, so I am not going to buy it. It would cost too much if I would have to buy a few of those, then launder it sometimes, then make sure I have it with me when I go to grocery store.... a, forget it.

I have small garbage cans in both kitchen and bathroom, so those bags fit perfectly. Now that we are having than challenge "no money for a week" and I am buying milk only for 2 weeks straight, I might run out of plastic bags, so whenever I buy milk, I ask them to double bag it. I also reuse plastic packagesfrom diapers, pads, tp and other products, which fit my trashcan in the bathroom.

[funnyvalentine]

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hmmmm...no money for a week? I'd like to try this but I'm assuming that commuting doesn't count?

[Bookie]

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Another thought on plastic grocery bags -- I did a lot (for me) of cooking Sunday. All the kitchen waste went into a smaller grocery bag I dropped into my larger one. When I was finished, I simply tossed the smaller bag of wet trash.

[getforfree]

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hmmmm...no money for a week? I'd like to try this but I'm assuming that commuting doesn't count?

You can make your own rules, you can go for a week, or in my case, I go for 2 weeks. You can spend money on things are absolutly necessary , like gas to go to work, or, in my case, I have 2 little kids and Dh who can't live w/o milk, so I buy milk only, but I cut our milk usage in half by going without it a day here and a half a day there.

[vsjhoc]

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I think they are too small for garbage bags too. I just throw the plastic ones away.

Ima threw something away???????????