tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17553087.post687847404694718428..comments2023-10-31T07:06:25.965-07:00Comments on Easy Green: Plastic Bag Ban for Pasadena ConsideredRoger, Gone Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866426929094511058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17553087.post-18124267062831656962008-10-05T08:22:00.000-07:002008-10-05T08:22:00.000-07:00I appreciate your comments . . . two thoughts, tho...I appreciate your comments . . . two thoughts, though: <BR/><BR/>First, here, in the US, it is a start. As it happens, any permitted paper would be required to have recycled content, in addition to having a city fee, so the thought is that between the extra cost and administration cost to the retailer, and the extra cost to the consumer, paper bags will be used less and less. <BR/><BR/>Second,the issue is not to go to zero impact on the environment but a sustainable one. I think a recommendation like this moves us strongly in that direction.Roger, Gone Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866426929094511058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17553087.post-85734439441155093462008-10-01T15:00:00.000-07:002008-10-01T15:00:00.000-07:00When you go to a grocery store in Germany, you hav...When you go to a grocery store in Germany, you have to pay minimum 25 Euro cent for a small plastic bag. 50 cent for bigger ones. This is for so many years now that I cant remember it being different. These plastic bags are so thick and of such a good quality, that you can use them for really heavy weights (like e.g. 4 bottels of wine). Most of these plastic bags are bioplastics.<BR/><BR/>And here comes the crucial point: if you ban plastic bags, you need to tell the people where they have to put their waste in. You cant switch completely to paper, how many rain forests do you want to fell to feed these paper needs? Now, if people dont have any more free plastic bags, they will start to buy them. Thats what they did in Germany. They go to Ralphs and buy a super saver 50 or 100 piece bargain pack of plastic bags and they take the cheepest, made in china. Will say, the problem isnt solved at all. <BR/><BR/>The problem will be solved (more or less), when dumping stopps. Dumping in Germany is forbidden due to environmental risks and it should be here as well (sorry for this continuing Germany thing, but I am German and I thought I offer a benchmark). If burning temperatures are high enough, waste can be burned almost free of residues.<BR/><BR/>Continuing dumping, the problem will be bettered only (well, maybe not, if you consider what IN these bags...), if there are bags offered, which are biodegradable.<BR/><BR/>Important discussion<BR/>All the best<BR/>Violet<BR/>violetculture[at]gmail[dott]comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com