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Stuffing our environment
"gardenlen" wrote in message ... g'day george, on the plastic bag issue i have a different outlook, i tend to think laterally and outside the square and comfort zone, those attributes make it easdy to adopt change needed for earth friendlier living. for 1.. where did the push come from for consumers to adopt change? from the governements of our countries is where, and they where preasured by vested interests namely the retailers of groceries. the price of those "free" plastic bags has been factored into every item you buy. s for me i would waqnt to see the retailers drop the prices of all their range before i would consider change, or it just simply becomes more profit for shareholder. 2.. those so called dreaded plastic bags break down very quickly in direct sunshine, you could put them in a wire container and in a month they will be nothing but dust. i prefer to reduce Len before I look at reuse or recycle. Whilst waste can be disposed of in various ways I think it best to try and avoid it altogether where possible. If the plastic coming in is cut down so the waste going out is cut down. 3 the so called enviro' friendly bags are made of polymers (alomost impossible to break down), and when they are in total use paid for by the consumer they too will end up as litter but they will last longer, plus those green/blue/red whatever coloured bags are made in china. Plastic bags can be reused at the shops, the enviro bags I have are natural fibres. Yes, they do come from China however our oil to make the plastic bags are also imported. The miles travelled by the enviro bags is similar to the miles travelled by the plastics. I use large supermarket plastic bags for bin liners (I need about 1 a week) and smaller bags to pick up dog crap when I walk my mutts. That is conceivably the only usage I can see. Larger plastic sacks are useful for carting things in bulk however I have few of those and do not get them thrust at me everyday I make a purchase. rob |
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