4 Jun
2010
4 Jun
'10
8:36 a.m.
Liam Proven wrote:
Disposable bags are just plain evil, nasty and stupid.
We get through a lot for use as trash bags; if they vanish, I'm just going to
end up buying more proper trash bags.
The system's not *quite* in balance, because the majority of US stores insist
on packing your purchases for you, and use *far* more bags than they need to;
if I were allowed and expected to pack stuff myself here (as I was in the UK),
I think I could probably re-use as much as I took home with me.
I'd like to see
a surcharge of 10-20% or ?5 an item on all disposable grocery
packaging, whichever value is the greater.
A ban on those darn blister packs would be more useful, I think - I recycle
the plastic, but I really don't *need* a packaging footprint the size of a
book just to surround some trivial little item.
cheers
Jules