Posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 12, 2006, at 14:12:14
In reply to Re: Does anyone bring their own bags to the grocer » gardenergirl, posted by Dinah on June 12, 2006, at 12:40:31
I bring my own canvas bags, when I remember, which is usually.
Interestingly, they have banned plastic bags in Ireland, well the plastic carrier bags you get in shops anyway, not like sandwich bags. So now in every shop you get paper bags.
Also in Finland you have to actually buy the plastic bags you get in the supermarket, so everyone just tends to recycle their plastic bags that way, or has canvas bags.
Incidentally here in the UK we have THREE trash cans (we actually call them wheelie bins here because they have wheels, suprisingly)
One for recycling, so paper, cans, plastic bottles, and tins go in there
Another for composting waste, such as garden stuff and kitchein scraps which presumably gets composted,
And another for everything else. And then we take our glass bottles to the bottle bank.
And the council takes care of our waste here in the UK, ie the state.
I think it would be a very good idea if everyone recycles. In fact, if I were president I would make it the law.
Hahahaha, it just reminded me of an article here in the papers about how Bree from Desperate housewives put out her wine bottles with the normal trash and didn't recycle them - a crime here in the UK (well not actually, but most people recycle...)
Kind regardsMeri
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