xpluswearer
Moderated
- Messages
- 809
- Role
- Incontinent
I am very direct in the way I talk that is my nature... By the way those reusable shopping bags the so called "green" bags are laden with toxic chemicals like lead and have e coli from the use over and over again and if you do not wash your hands when you go to the bathroom and touch those handles your spreading it even more and no Hand sanitizer is not a replacement for soap & water. There is another thing that will kill your liver that hand sanitizer stuff! Im the guy with the can of lysol spraying down my shopping cart before a thing gets put in it . The green way of living actually does more harm than good in my opinion.Moonwicky said:Proud snowflake checking in here. These bag bans are primarily about reducing the litter that results when these bags are carelessly disposed of, and not as much about reducing the use of plastic (though it is a positive side-effect). Yes, most people are responsible about their bag usage (we save ours and use them for all sorts of things, and then recycle the ones we don't end up using) but when people get careless with the empty bags they tend to linger in the environment for a very long time, like most plastics.
The profit margins on plastic bags (bin liners and such) is typically minuscule, and I suspect most retailers would prefer to cater to the convenience of their customers by continuing to offer the plastic disposable shopping bags. It doesn't really make sense for retailers to get excited about these bans. The fact is, due to the carelessness of some, it becomes necessary to ban the bags outright in order to prevent them from becoming yet another form of non-biodegradeable litter.
Finally, I'm sure I'm not the only one in this community that would appreciate it if we could keep the cynicism and snowflake-slander in check. Thanks.