On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 11:33:51 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 8/14/2016 9:30 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
>>> People need to take care of where they put their bags, in
>>> general, if having them blown into the trees is a big problem.
>>> And maybe wherever this is could ban plastic bags.
>>
>>> I'm sure you'd agree if there were bags in all the trees where
>>> you lived.
>
>> I haven't seen any! It is a long time since I have seen even a couple
>> of bags blowing around but then they cost 5p each in our shops now, but
>> even before that I can't say I've seen bags in the trees)
>
>I am happy to report, despite driving 15 whatever miles each way,
>through busy areas and tracts of land that aren't maintained, fields
>with trees, not one bag in a tree. Went a different way than we came
>back. No bags.
>
>nancy

You won't see any when you're looking for them, but they're out there.
The bags re not in "all" the trees. They don't stay long either, UV
light breaks them down quickly. I usually see one or two in my
hedgerows right after garbage collection, they get caught by wild rose
thorns.