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PAPER . . . OR CLOTH?
San Francisco will ban plastic grocery bags if Mayor Gavin Newsom signs -- as he's expected to do -- a law passed last week. It would require large markets and drugstores to offer customers only bags of paper, biodegradable cornstarch or reusable cloth.
ADDICTED TO WRAPPING
Consumers have become unconscious about their shopping habits and stores are feeding the addiction by handing over purchases, even if they consist of a single bottle of aspirin, wrapped in plastic bags that take a thousand years to biodegrade.geri, www.goodnewsnetwork.org
DOG -- BAG = POOP CRISIS
I guess dog owners are going to have to find a new way scoop the poop.
I am NOT Tyler Durden, vegweb.com
A PLEA FOR A TAX
I wish my town would impose a tax on plastic bags. . . . I felt a bit awkward using [reusable bags] for the first few weeks, but I finally sucked it up.
issaspiders, vegweb.com
HERE'S WHY NOT
Arguments that I have seen against this decision seem to run along these lines: Paper bags are worse -- or at least not any better -- for the environment. 2) The cornstarch bags are more expensive, and the cost will be passed on to the consumer. 3) The ban is being selectively applied to supermarkets and pharmacies, while other businesses can still use plastic. 4) San Francisco is run by stupid damn limousine-liberal hippies, and everything they do is stupid and unrealistic.
Seen and Not Seen, blogs.business2.com/design
MAJOR FUSS, MINOR PROBLEM
Do yourself a favor though, and weigh a plastic bag. If you're feeling really ambitious, check its volume. That might give you an idea of how tiny a problem they are, landfill-wise.
Ryan Cousineau, www.darrenbarefoot.com
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