Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided in the US alone

Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by gambiting on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:11AM (#39251421)

Really? Why? I have a bunch of thick Sainsburys bags that I bought probably 5 years ago and I still use them for shopping every week - they will have been used probably 200 times each, easy. No idea why I'd throw them out.

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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by not_a_shill on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:31PM (#39252315)

I just use them like trash bags /bin liners. I have fabric reusable ones I just forget or are unable to bring half the time.

Re: throwing them out vs recycling them, our bags you can only recycle at the store themselves...so just a bit too much friction to bother with. I can't recall ever seeing or hearing of anyone recycling them that way either.

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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by gambiting on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:35PM (#39252984)

I have a feeling we might be talking about different things. I'm talking about bags like these:

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjk8p3YqZKEAxVQZZE...

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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by not_a_shill on Sunday February 04, 2024 @03:38PM (#39254191)

They sell those kinds of bags here too, but these are the ones that a lot of people in this thread are talking about

https://www.northjersey.com/gcdn/presto/2019/06/07/PNJM/74a3...

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