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brooklyn1

On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:09:21 -0300, wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 07:59:24 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:
>
>>On 8/13/2016 7:10 AM, wrote:
>>
>>> So do I - so many plastic bags wind up in trees or in the sea which is
>>> worse. I know people will always use them but at least only when it
>>> is very necessary.
>>
>>This is my complaint about not bagging my own groceries, which
>>I would be happy to do. I don't use 50 bags when 10 would do.
>>The cashiers seems like they'd be happy to put one item per
>>bag.
>>
>>Of course, where I shop they use the absolute cheapest bags
>>I think they can get. I haven't had any break on the way to
>>the car but it wouldn't surprise me.
>>
>>Yes, I use them for kitty litter, vacuum dust, whatever else
>>comes up, and I'm glad they are cheap thin bags, but I don't
>>need a gazillion of them. I take them back to the store for
>>recycling (they are required to take them, here) for what
>>that's worth.
>>
>>nancy
>
>Same here Our cashiers do the bagging here as they go along but
>they don't overdo the quantity fortunately. I would be inclined to
>say something, or email the manager, if they did.
>
>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.

I hang some on my vegetable garden fence, when they flap in the breeze
they make a loud noise, helps scare the critters away.