Bagged Plastic

[jazzy_dave]

If the government thinks that the 5p plastic bag levy introduced to England today is the end of the plastic waste environmental problem, then at only 2 % of all plastic that is dumped , there is a long way to go, as much as what we buy from supermarkets or via the internet is awash with different plastics right down to those horrible pellets that make up some packaging.

Time to get out the bags for life , cloth bound or hessian bags that we seem to collect and sometimes forget to use.

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[ba1126.livejournal.com]

My grocery stores have recycling machines for glass and plastic and cans. We also have curb side recycling for glass, plastic and paper. When I visited my son in TX, they sold plastic bags for $1 in the grocery stores instead of giving them away. This has led to most people re-using ones they've bought or buying other types of 'permanent' grocery bags.

My daughter collects plastic bags, especially colored ones, and 'crochets' them into beautiful beach bags!!