On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 19:45:44 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:14:01 -0500, Nancy Young
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>>>On 3/2/2015 11:32 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
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>>>>> Of course, it would be nice if I'd bring a couple of reusable
>>>>> bags to cut down on the quantity I use. I'm off and on with that.
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>>>> Do you have to pay for them?
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>>>Not where I live, no. Plastic or paper are still free.
>>>Some stores give you money for each reusable bag you bring,
>>>so in a sense, getting a store bag costs you.
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>> Here the stores give paper or plastic, no charge... they'd have a hard
>> time charging since each is printed with their advertising, having to
>> pay for their advertising adds insult to injury. I reuse the plastic
>> bags; cat litter. Since I don't get nearly enough from shopping I
>> buy those bags in cartons of 1,000 for about $9 at BJs... I double and
>> triple the bags, I don't need the bottom to drop out.
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>It is not the shops choice to charge for those bags, it is a government
>thing to cut down on plastic.

Here the grubbermint has more pressing matters to oversee than plastic
bags... I know for a fact that much of separated trash ends up all
mixed back together and buried in landfills... it costs too much to
reuse many types of trash, the private sector won't take the loss and
the grubbermint hasn't the know how. Some items are reused when
profitable but most are not. It's mostly the metals that are recycled
at a profit but most of the plastic can't be recycled without taking a
loss. A while ago glass bottles were ground up, blended with asphalt,
and used as paving material, but after much testing there was no
advantage over using the traditional crushed stone. I think most
plastic bags do get reused, I know I reuse them and I know many who
also reuse plastic bags for used cat litter. And before I reuse them
for cat litter I use those plastic bags for a temporary usage for
foods rather than zip locs, so they save using more costly heavier
plastic.