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  kboy5 months, 2 weeks ago

  Very well done. One of the better stories from MSNBC.

  The choice of reusable bags seem to be limited. I have been using them for 20 years, and the selection replacements gets poorer year. The bags need to resist staining and adsorbing food spills. They also need strength for heavy canned goods and cleaning supplies. Got any good sources?

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  jordan115 months, 2 weeks ago

  All of the groceries in my area offer sturdy cloth bags at $1.00 each. Safeway, QFC, Albertson's, Top Foods, among smaller chains. One offers larger canvas bags with a waterproof interior @ 4.00 each. They all give a 5 cent credit for each bag every time I use them, so the money paid is eventually recouped. I keep them in the trunk, and grab them on my way in the store.

  They're washable, though not as 'attractive' after being washed, but who cares?lol. Just as sturdy, or moreso than plastic or paper, they have wide straps and are far easier to carry, especially if you have arthritis in your hands. With plastic, all the weight falls in a lump at the center of the bag and pulls the straps hard against your fingers. Ouch!

  There really is no reason not to use reusable bags.

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    Dionys5 months, 2 weeks ago

    Buy a reusable bag!

    Cloth / Canvas / Cotton!

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  nostalgia5 months, 2 weeks ago

  Series of blunders turned the plastic bag into global villain

  Scientists and environmentalists have attacked a global campaign to ban plastic bags which they say is based on flawed science and exaggerated claims.

  The accusation that the bags kill 100,000 animals and a million seabirds every year are false, experts have told The Times.

  The central claim of campaigners is that the bags kill more than 100,000 marine mammals and one million seabirds every year. This figure is based on a misinterpretation of a 1987 Canadian study in Newfoundland, which found that, between 1981 and 1984, more than 100,000 marine mammals, including birds, were killed by discarded nets. The Canadian study did not mention plastic bags.

  In 2002, when the Australian Government commissioned a report into the effects of plastic bags, its authors misquoted the Newfoundland study, mistakenly attributing the deaths to "plastic bags".

  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environme...

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    nostalgia5 months, 2 weeks ago

    Rge last paragraph ofthe article is very interesting:

    "Charlie Mayfield, chairman of retailer John Lewis, said that tackling packaging waste and reducing carbon emissions were far more important goals. "We don't see reducing the use of plastic bags as our biggest priority," he said. "Of all the waste that goes to landfill, 20 per cent is household waste and 0.3 per cent is plastic bags." John Lewis added that a scheme in Ireland had reduced plastic bag usage, but sales of bin liners had increased 400%."

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  ghengisghan5 months, 2 weeks ago

  DAmn, sucked in thought it was about Hillary!

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