Comments on: Florida Could Ban Plastic, Paper Bags

By: bill

bill — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:37:35 +0000

May I walk into any grocery store with my own plastic boxes?

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:46:53 +0000

To those worried about the dog poop dilemma… Dog poop can be picked up with a dog poop scoop. They have some with long handles so that you don’t even have to bend over. It looks like a couple of claws on a long stick. When you get home, rinse it off with the water hose and leave it somewhere outside to air out (somewhere not visible on the side of the house by the trash cans, for example).

By: flor

flor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:14:01 +0000

Though I really want to reduce the use of plastic bags, I too am confronted with the dog poop dilema.

By: Digger

Digger — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:50:13 +0000

Looks like the consciousness of the planet is changing just in time to save it. I’ve noticed there has been a sea change just in the last year or two. Sometimes, what we see as a bad thing, like higher gas prices, is only pushing us in the way we should go. With a little adjustment, we can turn this thing around. An example of the way all things environmental is catching on: this year there was a world wide shortage of red worms because suddenly everybody was interested in vermi-composting. There may be hope for us after all.

By: kara

kara — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:03:27 +0000

this may not be such a bad idea. Alot of the plastic floating in the ocean is ohhh lets see, bags. I think everyone should quit using plastic bags and get re-usables. I converted and the outcome has been awesome. for starters, I can fit more in these bags. Less trips from the trunk to the house. No more groceries falling through the bags. And this is really helping the enviornment little by little. Walmart will take any plastic grocery bags back to be recycled if your curbside service won’t pick it up, Also try your nearest drive-through recycling center.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:42:04 +0000

I usually use the food store cloth bags instead of plastic or paper. However there is a food store that uses a stronger plastic bag and it is a #2 plastic the store is Wegmans.

By: Cookie Shpoon

Cookie Shpoon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:34:21 +0000

What am I going to use to pick up my dogs’ poop?

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:27:28 +0000

I’m sorry, the bags at rawganique.com are made in europe. I knew I should have made sure, but I could have sworn everythning there was made in USA or Canada!

They’re still nice… and you can always make your own!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:59:31 +0000

I think that people can make their own reusable bags with old clothes they don’t want any more and by learning a little bit of sewing. It can actually be pretty fun.

Also, though not real cheap, rawganique.com sells 100% organic hemp and organic cotton reusable bags that are made in USA and Canada.

To those worried about money vs. helping the environment: When things get horrible, when our air becomes dangerous to breathe, when we are walking on trash, when our food is poisoned by chemicals, when we run out of drinkable water, and at the same time are flooded because of global warming… look your children, or any child or teenager, in the eyes. We you be able to tell them you didn’t do all you could to help stop this because you wanted to save money?

By: Chris D'Aiuto

Chris D'Aiuto — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:57:49 +0000

Let’s hope they supply reusable bags made in the U.S., otherwise billions of bags being shipped to L.A. then trucked to Florida is going to cancel out half of the environmental benefits.