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randome

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2. Damn. Nothing is simple, is it?
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 11:57 AM
Feb 2013

I thought I was doing enough by using my own bag since less than 1% of the one billion plastic bags created each year are recycled.

Now I find even that's not enough. I need to wash the bag. Oh well, it's still worth it to cut back on plastic.

Do plastic bag bans help spread disease? [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP
from the available science the answer is yes AngryAmish Feb 2013 #1
Damn. Nothing is simple, is it? randome Feb 2013 #2
OOoohh...like I wrote in response to a proposal by a wannabe repug for Congress this last... Tikki Feb 2013 #3
But fruits and vegetables go in the little plastic bags first FarCenter Feb 2013 #4
Some people do not use the plastic bags. RC Feb 2013 #6
I use the following for produce: kentauros Feb 2013 #15
Those 'reusable bags' get set on the floor, food check out counters, kitchen counters, car trunks. RC Feb 2013 #5
The baby seats on grocery carts are rife with bacteria LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #7
I do put my meat in a plastic bag gollygee Feb 2013 #8
I bought a few reusable bags once. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #9
I use the reusable freezer bags for meat and frozen Viva_La_Revolution Feb 2013 #10
You can wash them. That said, I usually get paper bags, which I use for compost & recycling. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #11
Many localities especially rural marions ghost Feb 2013 #12
I get the paper bags and use them for garbage flamingdem Feb 2013 #13
Take a basket to the grocery store. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #14
exactly. meat left in the car for 2 hours? robinlynne Feb 2013 #17
This brings up a real question about the environmental benefits of cloth bags. Xithras Feb 2013 #16
We only generate our energy through fossil fuels BECAUSE of the lobbyists from those industries, etc robinlynne Feb 2013 #18
Brought to you by the plastic bag industry? Retrograde Feb 2013 #19
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