Government is never the solution to any problem. I am not going to use cloth or paper bags to empty the cat boxes.

This is the city that put in outdoor toilets costing thousands of dollars each. Now they are going to remove them because the drug dealers use them for dealing, the gays use them for sex, and the druggies use them to shoot up.

Mr Mayor, how much did it cost King County to repaint all the King County police vehicles with a likeness of Martin Luther King? Money well spent by a cash strapped populace?

His ‘new’ project is to renovate Pike Place Market. I have a feeling that the general consensus on taxpayers paying for that idea was not what he hoped for.

The list goes on…..

My response to this BS is; all those bags that I save and reuse, will now be brought to the store with me. Just fill up the old ones thank you. Wonder how they’ll react to that? Back to the all night think tank for the mayor. I’m sure he’ll come up with something. What a moron!

Remember folks: The Daily Mail is a very conservative paper in the UK… but just like conservative leader David Cameron (you know, the party Margaret Thatcher was the leader of )

You obviously know jack sh!t about British politics, so please keep your nose out of it. Call Me Dave is anything but a conservative.

They will also hinder reuse of other items in our landfills, biomass for example, that we may need one day due a growing population and diminishing biomass supplies. Hard to extract food leftovers if they are tossed away in un-biodegradable containers, and those containers prevent them from decomposing into usable compost. Top-soils are being depleted of minerals and nutrients, and their quantity is decreasing too.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

I asked the councillors and the green freaks if they knew how many bags the market actually used. None of them knew nor cared to know. I asked the store manager and it works out to a volume of less than 4′ x 4′ x 8′ for a whole year. Infinitesmal compared to the size of the dump.

I went back to the councillors and green freaks with that info and added that most people re-use the bags for garbage and would probably have to buy new bags for trash liners. I also mentioned the hypocisy because there is a by-law that all garbage must be in green garbage bags and those bags must be tied up inside our garbage cans. The garbage collector won’t pick them up otherwise. They all said the same thing, “Every little bit helps.” When I explained that it wasn’t helping, they said it’s the thought that counts. I said the “thought” is not what counts. The gov’t should be concerned with fixing roads, the water system and garbage disposal and not wasting it’s time (our money) on feel good by-laws.

The supermarket (food co-op) gave every member two strong re-usable cloth-like bags which I have been using since. They can hold about as much as I like to carry in one hand(about 25 lbs). They also sell them for a buck a piece, which seems reasonable. However I see very few people still using them (about 6 months later). With more than two thousand members, that’s a cost of $4000 that the co-op board of directors threw away to save a few dollars on plastic bags. They thought they were doing the right thing.

On April 3rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm, Sanddog said:
Taxing the bags is stupid but I’ll admit I use “cloth” bags. I’ve got 4 canvas (24 oz canvas) bags from Duluth Trading that I take to the grocery store. Each bag will hold over 100lbs. It makes it a hell of a lot easier to bring groceries back into the house from my car.

Fire Hose Tote Bag

I guess my wife and I were ahead of the curve here. We got two similar bags from LL Bean 15 years ago. Large, stiffside, and durable and sufficient for all our groceries. Probably have another 3 -5 years of use before they wear out.

We just got tired of collecting vast quantaties of plastic bags, no matter how many other uses we found for them.

The problem with the cloth bags I’ve seen offered by our local markets is they are too small and won’t stand up when bagging.

I almost always bag our groceries. The baggers have no idea how to efficiently load our monster bags!

Its too bad these environmentalists can’t be more consistant. I remember it was the rage beginning in the ’70’s to use plastic bags (”Paper or plastic?” and you got disapproving look if you chose paper) and save a tree : )

It probably IS about the money Seattle could collect, as the stores could just as easily be encouraged to offer a small discount for those who provide their own bags (and do their own bagging).

On-my-soap-box said:
30,

There is hope for the Fins! The team is being sold off within two years. New owner, new hope!

lol, that sounds like an obama ad….. ewwwwwwww.

Science Fact: most plastic bags are not made from ‘oil’, they are made from so-called waste gas that would just be burned off (you’ve all seen those flaming torches at the refineries). So they sequester Evil Carbon!

TexasTiger, I’d like to buy you a couple adult beverages for the entertainment reading your posts. Keep on keepin’ on.

There is hope for the Fins! The team is being sold off within two years. New owner, new hope! I may even become a Fin fan for the first time ever!!!

Good one, mayor.

Fire Hose Tote Bag