Walmart Virual Signalling ?

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Originally Posted by gbk

The way we live now-plastic all around-and with consumerisam ,we are made to become a THROW away society-the grocery bags(if used properly)make up tiny bit of the world garbage.

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I can say with relative confidence that not a single plastic straw or plastic bag that I have used and discarded will ever be found in an ocean or on the side of a road. They are all safely collected and contained in industrial-strength (3mm) Contractor Garbage Bags and wire tied closed. They, like everyone else's garbage in the township, is hauled out of our township to some large hole in the ground up north to become landfill. They are subsequentially covered in dirt and remained contained below the earth's surface for the next millennium or until they can develop a method of recycling that kind of waste that is cost effective.

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Originally Posted by gbk

So-i (like all of us)collect garbage in my kitchen. Anything and everything what is not recyclable or not compostable.And will not turn in a stinky mess in a day or two.
Collect them in plastic bags.Mostly "second"hand grocery bags(re -use ).

If and when they fully cut out grocery bags- i will need to buy plastic garbage bags.
What will be the difference:

For the Environment-those purposedly made garbage bags are thicker-harder to break down.
For me- more expensive plastic bags.

The way we live now-plastic all around-and with consumerisam ,we are made to become a THROW away society-the grocery bags(if used properly)make up tiny bit of the world garbage.

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Good that you reuse. But you are only an experiment of one. Hardly relates to the rest of the world
If you really want to make a difference stop getting grocery bags and buy compostable garbage bags

Again bags aren’t going to solve the issue but reducing them does bring the issue up in peoples minds and maybe makes them think of the hundreds of little changes they can make to improve the world for the next generation

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Originally Posted by FishHog

Good that you reuse. But you are only an experiment of one. Hardly relates to the rest of the world
If you really want to make a difference stop getting grocery bags and buy compostable garbage bags

Again bags aren’t going to solve the issue but reducing them does bring the issue up in peoples minds and maybe makes them think of the hundreds of little changes they can make to improve the world for the next generation

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Not challenging-i hear You.
I hate garbage as much as the next guy.

I am not sure if You are aware of the fact ,that the compstable bags may-may not break down.Need certain environment to do so.
If not-sorry,no go.

At the other hand-my point is this: if anyone goes to any store,and buys stuff,many many stuff is packaged in a "BULLETPROOF "package.
Try to open them up without heavy tools.Do we need THAT?

Or-try to buy a soup in a cup-some come in 3 (TREE)wrappers. Cup-cardboard to protect,and the plastic wrap.

Now-with the COVID,even simple stuff which used to come unpackaged(bell peppers for instance)are all packaged in bags...............where all this ends up?
Who makes us use more plasctis then we absoultely need to?Big Companies-and our Government allows them to do so(who would not touch those subjects with an 8 feet pole)
Yet they beat the small guys (Environmental surcharge on Gas)
Same virtue signaling as emissison test,yet thrucks-heavy machinery would create pollution in 1 hr ,more then i will do in my life.

I'll miss small garbage bags. They are great for picking up dog poop in the back yard, tying it up and putting it in the garbage. :)

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Originally Posted by Sharon

I'll miss small garbage bags. They are great for picking up dog poop in the back yard, tying it up and putting it in the garbage. :)

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Plastic bags will be missed here to good for picking up doggy barf and strange animal parts dogs bring in to the house. Like possum foot raccoon foot squirrel foot

Most people I know use them for garbage bags, so now you will need to pay double the price.

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/g...4704p.html#srp

We're big into recycling around our house. My pet peeve is water bottles. If every one of them disappeared off the face of the Earth today,I'd be a happy camper. If people want to have a drink of water,why can't they use a simple garden hose like we used to do? Need to take something to drink to the bush or lake,use a thermos or a reusable container. I hate to see them laying around the streets or woods or floating in a lake. Lots of other stores have said they'll stopped with plastic bags,but,they're still peddling them for .05 ea. We'll see how well Walmart does. Saying and doing are tqo different things.

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

Most people I know use them for garbage bags, so now you will need to pay double the price.

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/g...4704p.html#srp

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Exactly my point-and these guys will last for a long while ,before breaking down.
That is what i would call a -SINGLE use garbage.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

We're big into recycling around our house. My pet peeve is water bottles. If every one of them disappeared off the face of the Earth today,I'd be a happy camper. If people want to have a drink of water,why can't they use a simple garden hose like we used to do? Need to take something to drink to the bush or lake,use a thermos or a reusable container. I hate to see them laying around the streets or woods or floating in a lake. Lots of other stores have said they'll stopped with plastic bags,but,they're still peddling them for .05 ea. We'll see how well Walmart does. Saying and doing are tqo different things.

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Trimmer-i 100% support You on this.
That far,that i have "my own saying"-sort of: IF i would EVER by in power, I would simply put 1$ Environmental surcharge on them water bottles.
If one wants to be lazy-pay for it.

There-i would not mind the Government to go at it, as far as they like.
Cut out this garbage forever. After all-up until 25 years ago,no one was drinking TAP water from a bottle.We were just fine.

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Originally Posted by gbk

Trimmer-i 100% support You on this.
That far,that i have "my own saying"-sort of: IF i would EVER by in power, I would simply put 1$ Environmental surcharge on them water bottles.
If one wants to be lazy-pay for it.

There-i would not mind the Government to go at it, as far as they like.
Cut out this garbage forever. After all-up until 25 years ago,no one was drinking TAP water from a bottle.We were just fine.

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Agreed. Somehow tap water got bad for you.
Walkerton aside Canada has the best tap water going

If people only knew where some of those water bottles were filled. Used to work with a guy who had a spring at his house. Nothing wrong with the water but him sitting at a laundry tub picking his nose, smoking cigarettes while filling his “spring water” bottles convinced me to never by one