>>>>> "DS" == David Strand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DS> I'm curious if 17 cents would be similiar to the
DS> expense to Minneapolis. Can our resident waste
DS> specialist on the list find out this information for
DS> us?
DS> I've heard the argument that plastic bags take less
DS> energy to manufacture than paper ones but paper ones
DS> biodegrade faster and are less difficult to dispose.
DS> Given these competing ideas is one really
DS> environmentally prefereable to the other in all
DS> situations?
DS> David Strand
DS> Loring Park
DS> Fun fact to know and tell:
DS> San Francisco is deciding if stores should charge
DS> customers $.17 for each plastic bag. The city has
DS> calculated that $.17 is what it costs them to process
DS> the bag. It is hoped that this will encourage
DS> primarily cloth bags, sugar based compostable
DS> *plastic* replacement bags, or paper.
I didn't get around to answering this before. I would also like to
hear an answer. My understanding is that
1. the city REQUIRES me to use plastic bags for garbage. So I'm not
sure why I'd want to get less plastic bags from supermarkets.
It'd just mean I'd buy more to turn into landfill! [actually,
right now, I take paper bags, because the city requires me to use
paper for recycling, but the point stands.]
2. If we have monster landfills, does ANYTHING biodegrade in them? I
thought that big landfills, because they are anaerobic and under
high pressure (from the weight of accumulated garbage), don't
allow anything to decompose. I'd be delighted to be wrong about
this!
Thanks,
Robert
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