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Bring Your Own Bag.... What did YOU think it meant?

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

According to the article, the city of Los Angeles will stop allowing the use of Plastic grocery bags July 1, 2010. Shoppers will need to bring their own bags, or be charged 25 cents for each paper bag. They are hoping that state of California will be doing this by 2012.

Would you begin carrying your own bag?

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I already (try to) do this. I think it's a good idea.

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We have at least one store that is already doing this (exclusively--no other bags provided), and other stores are encouraging it.

I have no problem with it. I already have several bags. :) (Thanks to BOOMM)

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Boy! I was hoping there was going to be a party!!!!!:tease

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Just at the grocery store. Everyone should gather 'round the hummus and water crackers first. :)

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Are you hosting? Cause we'll be in San Diego at Christmas... :hanky:happydance:girlpopcorn

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Party pooper......:whistle

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Better call me. R U bringing that husband of yours?

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boy I hate wacko envriomentalism... .but I think the number of these bags used ONCE then tossed each year is around 100 BILLION. they are filling landfills...


this is one thing that might be a good idea to get rid of.


and dont even think about recycling them. 1 ton of the stuff costs $4000 to process and can then be resold for about 32 bucks.

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Oh He'll be there, and so will his mother-in-law, you may need to get a bed ready for him, he would probably rather stay with you then over there.... :ursofunny

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When I was in France I don't think any of the stores had bags, you had to put the wine and cheese in a backpack.

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Seriously- Give me a call. I work a lot of holidays but I'd love to here from you.

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You got it!

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That's what they've done in England for years.

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In Lithuania you pay extra for a bag.

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It was a shock the first time I went to get a few groceries in England. Good thing I didn't buy much!

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I think most of Europe is set up this way.

I remember while living in Germany, we stopped at a local market on the way home, as opposed to going to the commissary.

I had NO CLUE that they didn't have bags. (I was young!) We had a shopping cart FULL of groceries that we had to put in our trunk, and then lug up 3 floors to our apartment...with no bags! :doh

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In Europe they don't buy for a whole week. Usually just a couple of days.

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It was the same in Ireland when we went last year. You could buy a plastic bag for something like 25 cents. Or a reuseable bag for a buck or so.

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EXACTLY!

I'm not sure I want to give up my monthly stock-ups. :D

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Every 3-4 years my sister rents a home in Italy for a month or two. They alternate the North to the south. We're usually the only Americans in town and it's an interesting experience. I love their veggies/ fruit/ bread and cheese and don't like their meat at all....except for the cured stuff which I'm convinced will be in heaven.

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I feel some "tree huggin" going on here!!!

:ursofunny

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That whole trip sounds like heaven....

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Yeah, no kidding!

The vacation's on RD next time!!!

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Italy is a great place to vacation......the beaches in northern Italy are almost unmatched, IMO.

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My Husband spent 6 weeks doing an international course in Strausbourg (sp?) in '05.. I would have gone except for these two little people who keep following me around calling me, "Mom"!
But the next time, it will be both of us, and he won't have hundreds of pages to read every night!

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Sam's Club does not bag your purchases for you. Save-a-lot used to do it that way, but they now bag the groceries.

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I know, we go to BJ's which is like sam's club, and they give you boxes

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I agree. I'm not a tree hugger, but I do think we should be responsible, and all those wasted plastic bags--which don't break down like other waste--seems very irresponsible.

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LOL!!!

Well, if I can ever figure out how to stop our family from producing about 10 bags of garbage per week, then I guess I will have arrived in TreeHuggerVille.