I'm just going to comment on the WTF-ness of this rant for me.
I live in Europe, and have for some years. During most of those years I have
neither had nor needed an automobile. Instead, I go out onto the streets -- via
foot or bicycle -- and buy the things I need. To carry these things home, I
always travel with a couple of large, sturdy cloth bags, stored in the backpack
I carry with me everywhere.
This means that when I go to a store and buy shit and they ask me, "Do you need
a bag?" I can smile and say "No." For Dutch people this ability to say "No" is
a big deal because if you say "Yes" they actually charge you money for the
shitty, non-reusable plastic bags they give you.
Don't like to carry around your own recyclable or reusable bags? Fine. Just
don't bitch about more sensible people wanting to charge you for your attitude.
From: "Bhairitu [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: FairfieldLife <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 9:16 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Plastic bag apocalypse
Today shopping I was given BIG plastic bags I didn't even know the
stores had. They usually have one smaller size. The reason? Starting
tomorrow plastic bags are banned in this burg as they will be in other
locations around here and maybe even in your burg. I'm on the fence
about this one. For one thing these laws were often passed without a
vote of the public. Just the city councils deciding they know what's
best for us and wanting to keep up with "the Jones" on other city
councils have passed these. Needless to say the plastics industry is up
in arms about and there is a petition for recall of the law.
I've long had bags in my car I could use but often I would just walk
into a store without them and often all I was getting was one thing or
two which I could carry out without a bag. Thing is the plastic grocery
bags are recyclable material and the stores provided bins where you
could return them. Apparently this law is due to a few loop heads who
just throw them in the trash.
These bags came about because environmentalists were complaining about
the cutting down of trees for grocery bags (though much of them were
made from recycled paper). But starting tomorrow if you need a bag you
can pay 10 cents for a paper bag. Bet lots of checkout lines will be
held up as someone on principle runs out to their car to get a bag
rather than pay 10 cents. Perhaps every shopping center should put up
big flashing signs saying "don't forget your bag!"
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