Hi all
If you live near the supermarket and shop several times a week, the "green"
bags are ideal. I tend to shop only once a week or even once a fortnight.
My last shop involved 21 plastic bags. This would reduce to 10 or twelve of
the canvas, cotton, etc type. Still a large investment. For a large part
of my recent life, I have lived in areas where supermarkets were 60 to 120
kms away. A once monthly or six weekly shopping expedition meant completely
filling the rear of a station wagon with the seat folded down. I hate to
think how many bags were needed to carry that load. I tried loading boxes
in the back and simply filling the trolleys with goods to be transferred to
the boxes. This did not work in a supermarket car park in a Queensland
summer.
The other thing about this has been mentioned before. Our council insists
that all rubbish is placed in bags before being placed in the bins. Our
neighbour's bin was rejected because the rubbish was loose. If we do not
use supermarket bags, we have to buy plastic bags to pack our rubbish into.
I know it doesn't seem to make sense but I believe it is on health grounds
as people don't wash their bins and unwrapped garbage sure leaves the bins
in a state to spread disease. On these grounds, it is acceptable.
I see plastic bags in the waterways and blowing down the road. We take care
that this does not happen in our house but the problem is all around us.
Whether charging for the bags will help, I don't know but I know it will add
a huge increase to our expenses.
What is the answer?
Terry Pacey
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