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Sophia4

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25. Good points.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #19)

Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:58 PM

Jul 2018

In Los Angeles, we live on the shore of the ocean. Plastic bags are a real menace here because they can flow right along with other stuff into the ocean and cause damage, lots of it once out there.

Nevertheless, some of the plastic bags are biodegradable but it takes a long time. Some are quickly biodegradable. Those I use for my compost.

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More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic Pollution [View all] Sophia4 Jul 2018 OP

Washington State has several municipalities than have banned, or are in the process of banning, Aristus Jul 2018 #1

Good. I'm always shocked when I go to see family in other states that they don't yet Sophia4 Jul 2018 #2

Every once in a while, I hear this piece of idiocy from the anti-environment types: Aristus Jul 2018 #4

There are other benefits, though... jmowreader Jul 2018 #7

Right. And the cloth bags can be fun or even beautiful too. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #24

Texas Supreme Court ruled that bag bans are unconstitutional LeftInTX Jul 2018 #19

Good points. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #25

Corrugated plastic is polypropylene. It's Plastic No. 5. jmowreader Jul 2018 #27

The printing is embedded - no sheet LeftInTX Jul 2018 #29

Then reuse them! jmowreader Jul 2018 #30

Biodegradable plastic made from hemp could have solved this problem decades ago. SamKnause Jul 2018 #3

I bought metal straws at Amazon and I ask for NO straw if I go through a drive though window Maraya1969 Jul 2018 #5

You can get straw brushes too for cleaning them. nolabear Jul 2018 #8

I just bought metal straws on Amazon crazycatlady Jul 2018 #14

Thank you! (Prepare for hysterical rant.) Lulu KC Jul 2018 #6

More on my banana/plastic tangent Lulu KC Jul 2018 #10

+1. yonder Jul 2018 #13

I hate it when they wrap produce in tight plastic...it is always the organic stuff.... LeftInTX Jul 2018 #22

Meanwhile, next door in Idaho: yonder Jul 2018 #9

My head is exploding n/t Lulu KC Jul 2018 #11

Texas has a similar law LeftInTX Jul 2018 #23

People want speedy convenience, but there's a lot of built in behaviors procon Jul 2018 #12

I was raided BEFORE plastic-------everything was paper,cellophane,wood,metal, and my virgogal Jul 2018 #15

Sorry that you were raided.... LeftInTX Jul 2018 #21

Sigh---I even thought that I checked it out. virgogal Jul 2018 #28

we have comingled recycle....from what i understand...it is just dumped in a landfil not because dembotoz Jul 2018 #16

Not Here ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #31

Evolution will help Loki Liesmith Jul 2018 #17

We have re-usable bags that are twenty years old csziggy Jul 2018 #18

Thanks. Terrific idea. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #26

It drives me nuts when I see people put their bananas in a plastic sack. LeftInTX Jul 2018 #20