Right? Not only that, the production of the cloth bags is actually more detrimental than the plastic bags. It’s like 20,000 plastic bags are equivalent to one cloth bag. Unless you go to the grocery store every day for 55 years and never wash the cloth bag, you aren’t even helping at all.
I see where you were going with this, but let me point out that we aren’t eating wild animals exactly. I guess fishing without farming is the closest we come, but they aren’t really eating plastic bags.
Also, the plastic bags are recyclable whereas the cloth is not.
Everything you mentioned is true. I live in the country, very beautiful rural lands and we still have so much plastic, bags and trash up and down the country dirt roads from slobs who could easily throw it away when they get home instead of chucking out the car window. It's very sad and the wildlife does get into it. We do our best to clean it up, but it's bad again in a week.
People need to have some responsibility and common sense about trash.
It's gone full circle where I'm at. Plastic bags will soon be banned and you will be charged a nickel each for paper bags.
Oh yeah they want us to use those canvas bags now..
Don't ask Bethesda for those though.
Right? Not only that, the production of the cloth bags is actually more detrimental than the plastic bags. It’s like 20,000 plastic bags are equivalent to one cloth bag. Unless you go to the grocery store every day for 55 years and never wash the cloth bag, you aren’t even helping at all.
I see where you were going with this, but let me point out that we aren’t eating wild animals exactly. I guess fishing without farming is the closest we come, but they aren’t really eating plastic bags. Also, the plastic bags are recyclable whereas the cloth is not.
I hear ya there. My least favorite thing is seeing one of the plastic grocery bags stuck up high on a tree limb.
Everything you mentioned is true. I live in the country, very beautiful rural lands and we still have so much plastic, bags and trash up and down the country dirt roads from slobs who could easily throw it away when they get home instead of chucking out the car window. It's very sad and the wildlife does get into it. We do our best to clean it up, but it's bad again in a week. People need to have some responsibility and common sense about trash.
friendly reminder that we still have forests because trees produce paper and wood. ALWAYS choose unrecycled paper products.
I can remember that as well. Once we had a choice at the checkout counter.
Yes exactly!
Yup, that's exactly what they do!
I use both paper and plastic. When I'm done with them, I burn them.
It's ok tho, I also grow 150 acres of trees so it all evens out.
Yup, I remember that also.