On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:26:05 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2010-03-20, gloria.p > wrote:
>>
>> I just saw this in a newspaper:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/yg6alyk
>>
>> Any suggestions/solutions?
>
>When any good idea comes along, can the alarmists be far behind?
>
>Ummm...yeah. Using reusable grocery bags to store rotting road kill,
>then emptying them long enough to shop for bulk granola or fresh
>peaches, is probably not such a good idea. Like my late FIL used to
>say, "Gotta be smarter than the tool".

Modern disposable shopping bags (paper and plastic) are "greener than
reusables".... disposables consume far less energy to manufacture, can
actually be reused many times and for many purposes, and are highly
biodegradable. Laundering bags creates far more pollution and
consumes far more energy than disposables.