I think if we didn't have them we would have no choice but to use an alternative. Thumbs up from me.
2007-12-06 05:13:59 · 19 answers · asked by daisydoormouse 2 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Ban plastic bags and then when you go shopping take your own bag with you to carry your shopping home in. I have a large natural fibre bag that I go shopping with, or alternatively take any old plastic bags to the shop and reuse them each time and when they are torn or of no use recycle them. In Australia recently a young whale was found dead of the Queensland coast, when they examined it they found 6 tons of plastic inside, this whale feeds by swallowing large quantities of sea water and filtering out the good stuff, but plastic filled it up and ultimately killed it, please pick up any and all plastics found.
2007-12-07 17:21:53 · answer #1 · answered by james c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It took me a few seconds to figure out that you are talking about grocery bags. What do you do when you buy large amounts of items from a department store? I'm sure a place like that might frown on you bringing a large bag into the store for use after you buy something.
But I reuse all my plastic bags, and use the recycled paper bags the grocery store provides. I have also been known to save them as a tool to move my large number of books in.
2007-12-06 06:37:46 · answer #2 · answered by Mikira 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About time they did, dont need them, paper bags do the job just as well and they can be recycled easy. It annoys me when people buy 1 item from the shop like a pack of sandwiches and find themselves incapable of carrying it except in a carrier bag.
2007-12-06 05:22:45 · answer #3 · answered by Lexus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah if u banned them you would have to have paper bags! then no trees, then even MORE recycling! it goes round in circles really. just make the biodegradable plastic stuff, tho it would take up oil, which is running out, unless the oil returned when the bag was biodegraded. hmm... maybe that is the best solution, biodegradable plastic bags!!
2007-12-07 08:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by blackandpink95 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read an article recently that some African cities have banned plastic bags because they are such a litter problem and clogging pipes and all kinds of problems.
2007-12-06 05:18:07 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We went to France (Normandy) on holiday this summer - they have no bags there anymore in the large supermarkets. You can buy reusable ones there and they had used cardboard boxes/fruit crates available for bottles etc if needed. It worked well and I think they should do it here.
2007-12-06 05:23:28 · answer #6 · answered by bec 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would then have to buy bin bags for the rubbish that would be bigger than carrier bags and would block the rubbish chute from my flat
2007-12-06 05:25:21 · answer #7 · answered by Fred3663 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not the bags that are the problem it's the fact that people won't reuse them. We knot ours up and reuse every time we go shopping, I also use them for rubbish instead of binbags.
2007-12-06 05:29:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I prefer paper, and paper is much more environmentally friendly because it decays faster, can be recycled. And if it happens to make it into the landfill, you are burying CO2 that was removed from the atmosphere, if that happens to be one of your pet peeves.
2007-12-06 09:09:11 · answer #9 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we have the plastic bag tax in place for a number of years now and its fantastic, its all reuse able bags, if you want plastic it will cost you so people don't throw them around, its a total success.
2007-12-06 05:35:38 · answer #10 · answered by andy F7 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋