Nancy2 wrote:
>
> Our city garbage trucks are all enclosed, from top to bottom. They use a
> mechanical arm to lift the container off the curb, place it down over the proper
> opening in the top of the truck, and tip it over to empty it. It would be very
> difficult for a bag to go flying...usually it is neighbors who don't contain their
> own refuse properly, who are guilty in the flying plastic bag crimes.
>
> N.

None of my grocery store plastic bags end up in trees. I use
them for garbage bags and also ferrets steal the empty ones to
play in then drag back to their secret forts. They love to pick a
hidden place...back of closets or underneath a dresser, etc then
drag the bags in there for bedding.