Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings
by aplummer on Friday April 22, 2016 @10:13PM
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Do you accumulate plastic bags? In theory I would imagine you need less waste liners than shopping bags. As well, I think people might prefer the specifically designed waste liners, so you might be an edge case (or at least a general case) here.
Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings
by lliamander on Monday April 25, 2016 @06:28PM
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> In theory I would imagine you need less waste liners than shopping bags.
Fair point, I do accumulate plastic bags, and I offset by switching to paper bags (which we use for accumulating small recyclable items). You can also use them for other purposes (lunch bags, etc).
> I think people might prefer the specifically designed waste liners
You are probably right. I think I am an edge case, but I like the affordance provided by the grocery bag handles, and they make it easier to tie the bag up once you are ready to throw it away.
I reuse all of my grocery bags as waste-basket liners. Making plastic grocery bags expensive, or just outright banning them, wouldn't actually reduce my consumption of plastic. Rather I would just shift to buying pre-packaged waste liners.