Los Angeles to become largest U.S. city to ban plastic bags

[AGRP]

Paper bags are next on the list.

 

[bolil]

So... what will be left in the hands of the overburdened shopper? Fabric bags... with bar codes? Perhaps there will be TSA agents on hand to assist shoppers in cavity storage.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

What are they going to use to pick up their dog shit with now?

Going to have to buy them.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

We already have this ban is several cities, and it's coming soon to many more. What sucks is when you don't pay attention and you end up with an extra charge on your receipt for the bags and they don't even warn you.

Last time I went to the store they literally double bagged two items separately (four bags for two small items, both food items). Kind of ironic considering the ban is coming soon.

 

[NoPants]

Good to see that everyone in CA has their priorities in order. Who cares if they can pay their bills.

 

[jbauer]

Don't see the big deal with it. We've not been using plastic bags for quite some time. I ask for my stuff not to be bagged at walmart. I put it in my trunk and carry it in the house.

Now I personally think its none of the governements buisiness to get involved. The stores themselves should enact such rules. Saves them money, saves you money.

Sams Club has been this way as long as we've ever shopped there. Aldi's our new grocery store makes you rent your cart (you get it back if you bring it back). They are a no frills store but significantly cheaper to buy the bulk of our groceries.

 

[Zippyjuan]

You know what will happen here? Shopping cart theft will skyrocket at stores where a significant percentage of the people can walk to the store.

I just abhor authority. If I lived in LA, I'd buy small plastic garbage bags and make them use them as my grocery bags. And if I had to use those horrid cheap chinese tote things, I'd be damned sure the message on the side was as offensive as I could bear.

People don't realize how much a shopping cart costs- I worked in a grocery store and they were abouit $200 apiece. They have devices on them now which are supposed to lock up the wheels if you try to take them past a certain line (usually around the parking lot and sidewalks) to deter taking them away (though they don't always work). I have been using my own cloth bags for years now (one of the early adoptors!). For me, they are easier to carry and hold a lot more than plastic or paper ones.

 

[Working Poor]

We already have this ban is several cities, and it's coming soon to many more. What sucks is when you don't pay attention and you end up with an extra charge on your receipt for the bags and they don't even warn you.

Last time I went to the store they literally double bagged two items separately (four bags for two small items, both food items). Kind of ironic considering the ban is coming soon.

I use cloth bags and always get a little discount for it in stores.

 

[The Free Hornet]

Fast Facts on Plastic Grocery Bags Show They Are an Extremely Resource-Efficient Choice

Did you know that a typical plastic bag weighs 4-5 grams and can hold up to 17 pounds—nearly 2,000 times its own weight?

For every seven trucks needed to deliver paper bags, only one truck is needed for the same number of plastic bags, helping to save energy and reduce emissions.

About 65% of Americans reuse their bags for trash disposal. Other common uses include lunch bags and pet pick-up.

Plastic grocery and retail bags make up a tiny fraction (less than 0.5%) of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream.

The production of plastic bags consumes less than 4% of the water needed to make paper bags.

TOP 10 MYTHS ABOUT PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS

Plastic bags are extraordinarily energy-efficient to manufacture. Less than .05% of a barrel of
oil goes into making all the plastic bags used in the US while 93% - 95% of every barrel of
crude oil is burned for fuel and heating purposes.7 Although they are made from natural gas or
oil, plastic bags actually consume less fossil fuels during their lifetime than do compostable
plastic and paper bags.

They cost $0.005 to $0.02 cents and piss off a tree hugger - what's not to love? Even if I bought the bags myself, $2 worth would cover me for a year. A $1 reusable bag would have to survive about 50 - 200 shopping trips to perform equally as well. If the bags were outlawed, I would simple bring them into the store myself (until that is outlawed).

Also, since so many of the bags are reused to contain trash, the notion that the bannishment of these bags will reduce waste pollution is asinine. Trash haulers are likely looking forward to lighter loads as more of the trash just blows into the ocean.

Will they push reusable trash bags?

 

[pauljmccain]

Textiles? Uhhhh you mean cloth bags?

 

[Tod]

I expect the big complaint with plastic grocery sacks is that so many of them end up blowing around, in ditches, in streams, and eventually in the ocean. I hear there is an amazing amount of plastic and junk floating around out there. Thing is, grocery sacks are just one item that is indicative of the trash problem, not the problem itself.

I re-use them as garbage bags. Seems like the waste packaging takes about the same as the original package, so the bags work out about perfectly to hold the trash. I almost never buy garbage bags as a result.

 

[oyarde]

This is America , I will use whatever dang bag,box/sack I want and the world can kiss my ass ! Liberty , I do not care how anyone carries groceries , for all I give a flying crap , you can graft a Kangaroo pouch on your ass , Next subject please.

 

[oyarde]

First , food police , then bag police ..... wth is wrong with people ?

 

[oyarde]

My older sister was right ( you have no idea how much I hate to admit that ) , she once said a year or two ago , I will be wandering the halls in my house , saying " morons " and "commies " , no way I am ever telling her I already do it

 

[oyarde]

All of the folks who need help with grocery bag selection , well , your city/state probably needs to help you as well with your tampon & toilet paper selections ... again , wth is wrong withpeople ???

 

[Muwahid]

Here some stores make you pay for plastic bags, we ended up just buying them once, n storing the bags in a cupboard, then throwing them in the trunk when going to the store and bag ourselves to save a little money. They're reuseable for a long time, and they make good trashbags later for those little garbages, you can get a lot of use out of plastic bags.

Only downside is the annoying litter, I don't see how paper bags would be that much better though.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Big Brother always knows best. How dare the LA citizens not voluntarily stop using plastic bags?

 

[Humanae Libertas]

Good thing the great government of LA is keeping their residents safe from evil plastic bags.


I wouldn't expect anything great coming from the land of the crazies.

 

[AdelaideGUy]

Plastic bags are banned here in Australia as well, we have to buy these bags. 50c each and reusable, they're also a lot more useful than plastic bags as well.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Plastic bags are banned here in Australia as well, we have to buy these bags. 50c each and reusable, they're also a lot more useful than plastic bags as well.

Utterly ridiculous. Damn socialism.