On 2016-08-13 10:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/13/2016 8:09 AM, wrote:
>
>>
>> The last time I was in the UK I went by bus from Heathrow to
>> Cirencester and it was as if every tree had been decorated like
>> Christmas trees with plastic bags.
>>
>
> The bags are often banned because a lot of people are slobs. I don't
> know why so many are tossed like that as they can be recycled, reused,
> repurposed. Every bag we get from the store is used at least one more
> time before being properly disposed of.
I don't know how many are the result of slobs throwing them out or how
many escaped from garbage cans and other receptacles. The worst pace
around here for plastic bags in trees is around the garbage dump. The
operators of the site spend a lot of money and energy to clean up the
bags that blow out of the dump. I am sure we have all had incidents
were we opened a car window on a highway and some paper or loose bags
flew out the window. I can't tell you how many times I have seen
plastic bags, styrofoam and other light objects strewn all over a
neighbourhood after high winds blew them out of trash cans and recycling
bins.