tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000645807446741254.post1592942230710824189..comments2023-10-20T14:11:08.536-04:00Comments on Thoughts of a Square Peg on a Round World: The Ban on Plastic Grocery BagsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000645807446741254.post-43372994520301091072019-11-07T22:39:42.081-05:002019-11-07T22:39:42.081-05:00Thank you so much, Molly!
You've never met my...Thank you so much, Molly!<br /><br />You've never met my other dog, Gordie. He was afraid of plastic garbage bags. He'd see one lodged in a bush and bark at it as if it were a serious threat. In a way, he was right.<br /><br />Shadow also agrees with you. Shadow and Gordie -- so much smarter than me.<br /><br />- SPGSquare Peg Guyhttps://square--peg.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000645807446741254.post-31948399034281578702019-11-07T20:20:10.975-05:002019-11-07T20:20:10.975-05:00In California, they banned plastic bags a couple o...In California, they banned plastic bags a couple of years ago. Like you, I reused the plastic bags for the garbage. Now I buy bags for the garbage, but they're bigger, so I only use one a week. Amount of plastic??? Probably about the same. I have plastic reusable bags for groceries. They're strong, and last through about twenty trips before they become garbage bags.<br /><br />I think this is the point behind the ban. Plastic which can't be recycled, but is properly thrown into the trash ends up in a landfill for thousands of years. Not great, but so do they bags that you buy. Plastic that is thrown in the street, ends up in the ocean, in garbage island where plastic collects in the ocean, and ultimately in the stomach of marine animals. This is really bad. In our neck of the woods, people are slobs and throw junk including plastic in the street all the time. It's hard to target the slobs. They might care more about harming a seal than about littering, but they know that littering is wrong, and they do it anyway. Last week, I picked up about eighteen pieces of plastic (not bags) from the front of my house, and I don't live in a slummy neighborhood. It's easier to target the plastic in the beginning. <br /><br />And of course, if you buy the garbage bags, you're more likely to use them properly than to toss them on the street. <br /><br />Thanks for the post.<br /><br />Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258761312667532953noreply@blogger.com