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Originally posted by gearhounds:
Harris Teeter does paper- we use them when we go to OC Md. they’ve been doing paper for quite a while now.

Our HT does either, whatever we like. Some people around here bring their own bags.

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by bubbaturbo:
My wife has about 6-7 cloth bags in the back of her car that she takes in when she shops. They are pretty heavy duty. Doesn't seem very difficult and we don't have so many bags to get rid of.

8 states now require you to either bring your own bag or pay for one.

https://www.eatthis.com/news-s...anning-plastic-bags/

Maine
Connecticut
New York
Deleware
Oregon
Vermont
Hawaii
California

Bonus points for figuring out what all 8 states have in common.

You can add Washington to the list as well. As far as the commonality question, the answer is these states are run by commie democrats.

Jim

Our city banned single use plastics bags and stores charge 10 cents if you need a paper bag at checkout. Most store have normal sized paper bags but WalMart uses very shallow paper bags. with a handle that suck. Still lots of items wrapped in single use plastic but we dont see has many plastic bags stuck on yuccas flapping in the wind. We call that the state flag.

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
WalMart uses very shallow paper bags. with a handle that suck. S

They're called T-Shirt bags. They do suck. If you, or the cashier, does not tie them shut, by the time you get home the contents are scattered rolling around in the car. And they split way too easily.

I must be in the minority. I don't have much use for plastic bags. I have *some* use for them, but most get wadded up and go into the recycle bin.

They're unsightly, they get stuck in shrubs trees fences etc. They are not biodegradable. They seem to all be made from petroleum. They are not friendly to wildlife. What a waste.

I prefer the paper bags. I reuse them for multiple things, most of all because I have to clean 4 litter boxes, the paper bag will stand up open while I drop the litter box results in. They are definitely biodegradable.

Some of my nearby grocers have dropped the paper bags, when I ask I'm told "the plastic is more environmentally friendly". Bullpuckey! It's merely an economic decision to supply the cheapest possible bag.

We have not yet got to the point where we must bring our own bags. Yet. Sprouts and Aldi's have gotten rid of or are getting rid of store supplied bags. Either buy a reusable bag at the cashier or bring your own. I've got a bunch of reusable bags lying around here, I need to remember to put them in the trunk.
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They imposed a bag tax here "to cut down on pollution". Hey assholes, I'm not throwing my trash in the ocean. They aren't single use for me, I use them for cat litter, or any other number of uses until they tear. I've never thrown a single one in the street and charging me a nickel for a bag won't stop pollution or bad people from littering. Most of the litter around me is soda/beer bottles, masks, and food wrappers. Tax people who litter instead, or those who dump waste in the ocean. Taxing me does not solve a thing.

The cops and the winos appreciate it.



-Tom

You guys need to stop talking about banning plastic bags. Michigan already has the stupid can recycling law and once Queen Whitmer the 1st hears that plastic bags can be banned, we will lose our bag options for sure!

I haven't thought about this for a while but I will ordinarily default to paper, if given a choice. We have insulated bags for Aldi permanently stationed in the trunk. Everywhere else uses plastic.
I even installed these useful little spring loaded hooks in the rear deck that hold onto plastic bag handles and keep them from redistributing the contents all over the trunk on the way home. They have a little loop to grab and spring forward out of the way when not in use.



I guess I am more assimilated than I thought.

I don't care for paper bags, much prefer plastic. I put all kinds of stuff in them.

I prefer paper for groceries. They hold more than the plastic bags so fewer trips from the car to the kitchen, plus they hold themselves open so it’s easier to dump fireplace ashes in with less mess. OTOH, the plastic bags are much handier for picking up the dog’s poop on walks so we try to get a mix (not usually on the same trip to the grocery store).

I loved the old paper bags. They were the best for picking up dog poop.

V45magna:
Where did you get those hooks? I would like a couple!

I was the best at covering my school books with the brown paper bags.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
V45magna:
Where did you get those hooks? I would like a couple!

Uhhh, ECS Tuning??

https://www.ecstuning.com/Sear...ch/grocery_bag_hook/

All are VW/Audi or BMW Genuine Parts though, so basically $24-$48 each!

I greatly prefer plastic grocery bags. You can carry a surprising amount of stuff in one hand by putting it through the "handles." They have other uses as well, one main one around here (I call them "Carter County flags") being rolled up in windows of cars broken down on the side of the road as a sort of distress signal. The ones that I don't "repurpose," I take to the grocery stores or Walmart for recycling.

I’ve seen wimpy paper bags that would rip with two packages of hamburger buns. Plastic bags that were so thin they would have holes in the bottom before use.
On the other hand, show me a heavy duty well built plastic or paper bag, and it will get reused many times!

Which is better for the planet?

I hate plastic, in all it's forms. As a sailor I have seen the plastic islands and beaches. It would be much better used as a fuel. Micro plastics are in our food chain, can not be good. And as many have pointed out much of it is in packaging. I would like to go back to when milk was delivered in bottles, and you returned them to be refilled. Paper is a renewable resource, and it works well for me. I would like a world where you showed up at the market with your own reusable container and bought your food in bulk. My family fills up a twenty gallon trash bag weekly with waste, it's not sustainable as the population grows. And unlike Bill Gates, I believe that we are here to populate the world, and we can not control the growth.

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Originally posted by egregore:

I never saw the irony of that until now.

The paper bag must be an east coast thing, I haven't seen it in the west. What I do remember, at the start of Covid, they were giving the plastic bags for free instead of letting people bring their reusable bags.

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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
I don't care for paper bags, much prefer plastic.

Same here. Our grocery store, run by one of the pinko commie families in town, went to all paper a couple of years ago and I hate them. I've had them tear, spilling my groceries all over the parking lot on several occasions. About the only thing the paper ones are good for is starting fires.

I love that most everything you buy comes in plastic containers and the fresh veggies have plastic bags they go in, but it all has to go in a paper bag because climate change.

Kenya in Africa won't even allow entering the country with a plastic bag.

flashguyy