> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 21:15:17 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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> wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:42:46 -0500, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2015-03-02 12:14 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>> On 3/2/2015 11:32 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have to pay for them?
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A number of years ago the city of Toronto imposed a 5 cent per bag
>>>>charge and it sort of spread across the province unofficial. Stores
>>>>everywhere else followed suit. The started selling reusable bags cheap.
>>>> From what I understand, the city dropped the requirement but stores
>>>>kept charging... until recently. A couple local grocery stores had free
>>>>bags but the chains charged. I prefer the reusable bags. I can get a lot
>>>>more in one of them than on those skimpy plastic things so I can usually
>>>>get all my purchases in to 2-3 of them rather than a dozen smaller bags.
>>>
>>> It was a joke here. Superstore started charging, with much fanfare
>>> and advertising but Sobeys didn't weigh in. After awhile Superstore
>>> quietly quit charging - too funny.
>>
>>The way our shops got round it is to charge 20p for a stronger plastic
>>bag,
>>and when it wears out you can exchange it for a new one. You only have to
>>buy the first one.
>
> Not such a bad idea. I hate them when they get caught in trees. Looks
> so terrible and they last almost forever. Unhappily one got caught a
> couple of years ago in the tree opposite my condo. Our wonderful
> superintendent (though he laughed at me) managed somehow to get it and
> pull it down
>
> The other evil one are those plastic whatevers that hold six cans of
> pop together. They get chucked out and once I found a gull on the
> beach killed by getting its head stuck in one of the holes. I now
> take scissors and cut every join so if mine fetches up at sea, it will
> not harm anyone.

Yes, it is very important to do that before they are thrown away.



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