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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 06:42 AM
Plastic bags?


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http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/19/mexico.plastic....




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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 06:52 AM


It's a good idea, those things are a scourge.
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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 06:55 AM


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Originally posted by Russ
What do you Think?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/19/mexico.plastic....


i think it's one of the best ideas i have heard of in a long time. it's fun to go to the farmer's market with a basket on your arm and fill it with vegetables/fruits. i love telling the vendors "no thanks, i'll just put them in my basket".

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thumbup.gif posted on 8-20-2009 at 07:34 AM


Hate those things with a passion,the sooner the WORLD gets rid of them the better,and what an eye-sore!!
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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 07:53 AM


While there is no doubt in my mind about plastic bags being a huge source of litter and an eyesore, I am always turned off when reading an article that cites false information when trying to bolster it's argument.

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In recent years, polyethylene bags, usually made from petroleum or natural gas, have largely displaced the more cumbersome paper sack as a means of carrying items from the store to the home or office. But their ubiquitous presence has drawn the ire of environmental activists and politicians who claim the bags inflict significant harm on the environment, including causing the death of 100,000 mammals and one million seabirds annually.

The plastic bag scare, it turns out, is based on a 1987 Canadian study that investigated the harm to marine mammals and seabirds from discarded fish nets. For reasons not fully understood, Australian researchers, in a follow-up study conducted 15 years later, mistakenly attributed the death of 100,000 marine animals to plastic bags instead of the "plastic litter" cited in the Canadian research.

"Plastic bags do not figure in entanglement. The main culprits are fishing gear, ropes, lines, and strapping bands," David W. Laist, an analyst with the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, told the March 8 Times of London.

"Most mammals are too big to get caught up in a plastic bag," Laist continued. "The impact of bags on whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals ranges from nil for most species to very minor for a few species. For birds, plastic bags are not a problem either."

We've sold re-usable bags through our website for over a decade now and you can buy cloth bags in just about every grocery store in the U.S. Most people do not use them because paper and plastic bags are easier.

The argument of paper versus plastic is also problematic.

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Angela Logomasini, director of risk studies at the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute, says such rhetoric is far off the mark.

"In our energy-conscious age, the attack on plastic bags is perplexing," Logomasini said. "Plastic bags have beat out paper bags in the marketplace because they are not only easier to carry and easier to store and transport, but also because they have important environmental benefits that also make them less expensive."

"For example," Logomasini noted, "studies have shown that plastic bags require 40 percent less energy to make than paper bags, and they produce only 4 percent of the waste that paper produces. And if you are worried about carbon emissions, plastic bags produce 60 percent less 'greenhouse gases.'"


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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 08:25 AM


There is no justification for plastic bags...none...how many do you see stuck high in a cardon cactus or flapping in the wind along a barb wire fence...there ARE other alternatives..plastic has got to go!



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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 08:38 AM


anytime plastic bags are mentioned/seen I am reminded of that long stretch of highway by Catavina where ALL the brush is covered by plastic bags... I should have taken a picture... next trip in two weeks I will then...
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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 09:44 AM
MEXICAN Plastic Bags


Maybe it's a result of differences in Atmospheric Pressure at different Latitudes or some other esoteric scientific phenomenon, but the widespread proliferation of Plastic Bags on the landscape seems most probematic South of the U.S. border.

It's rather amazing that the Wind currents and other natural patterns have an awareness and are affected by civil determinations.

Another of those FM Factors ?
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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 09:50 AM


Here in King Co., ( Seattle Wa.) an inniative to completely get rid plastic bags was voted out 2 days ago. The plastic bag manafactures pumped millions of $ in local advertising to brainwash the public that they are ok.... 95% of the advertising was pro bags and 5% was against. The environmentalist, liberals didn't stand a chance. And this city is supposed to be the largest "ECO FRIENDLY" stronghold in the nation?? Go figure.... To bad. ++C++
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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 10:06 AM


but what would dog walkers use to scoop their pooches poop with?:?:

edit: oh wait, we're talking baja now....

[Edited on 8-20-2009 by woody in ob]




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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 10:17 AM


On the positive side....ahem...Enough of them blowing around Baja always looks festive, like snow at Christmas Up North. :rolleyes:



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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 10:20 AM


Hmmm. BMG's post says that overall they are better for the enviornment.
I like them because they are much easier to carry and I reuse them for all sorts of things. So, there seems to be an issues with these puppies "running away". When I was a kid I can remember paper bags running away a lot too. Spme pf us learned to pick them up.
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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 10:49 AM


So, what would I line by bathroom and kitchen trash cans with? For that matter, what replaces my Hefty bags in the outside trash?

Would I be relegated to washing out my trash cans each time? :O

I thought there was some biodegradable option that was similar to plastic.




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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 11:06 AM


We reuse plastic bags for lots of things, but I would still LOVE to see them gone.
But then again, I would also like to see disposable diapers banned from the world and I know there are arguments that support those horrible things that are also far too often decorating the landscape.




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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 11:11 AM


Plastics which we are using now, are not biodegradable. Plastics can get broken down, but just into smaller pieces or the components that make them. Besides in the Baja cactus, many find there way to the open ocean.

I've been following a research vessel from Scripps La Jolla, that has been studying plastics in the North Pacific Gyre...North Pacific Garbage Patch. They are returning from their research voyage, but in every sample of the water, they pulled up pieces of plastic. Some large; some measured in millimeters; and some going to depths of 700+ feet.

I'm glad some communities are taking measures to reduce the distribution of plastic. Much more needs to be done.

The scientists on this research voyage, don't sound very optimistic about ways to get the plastics out of our oceans, but we can always hope and keep doing the science!

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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 11:15 AM


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I thought there was some biodegradable option that was similar to plastic.
They do make biodegradable bags, just more money.

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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 03:32 PM


I always look at plastic shopping bags and toilet paper in Baja as kinda "Mexican version of Tibetan prayer flags";D
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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 03:56 PM


Hmmmm.
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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 04:05 PM


Perhaps if people would not throw them out into the countryside and instead burn them (like all trash was treated before)... then the talk of banning a popular and useful item wouldn't be happening...?

Can't people become responsible and stop throwing things into the desert for someone else to deal with or look at?




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[*] posted on 8-20-2009 at 04:17 PM
Why is it ?


That the Plastic grocery bags I save and store in the garage for future use end up disintegrating after awhile in the heat, BUT the ones Permanently out in the sun littering the Mexican countryside seem to last forever ?

Since so many people seem determined to see them gone, I guess that I'll have to start stocking up on the commercial trash bags in various sizes along with the incandescent light bulbs I'm stockpiling. What next ?

The last two trips to Walmart, I've bought more light bulbs (premium 4 for $1.66) and my wife said "Don't we have ENOUGH of these" ? My answer was "Do we EVER have enough" ?

Oh, speaking of what's next, SUGAR ! Now I find out there's going to be a shortage of THAT. Just bought two extra 5-pound bags and Rubbermaids to store them in.

NOW, I have to start on Trash Bags.

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