PrintPlastic Bag Recycling in New York
Get rid of those plastic bags without feeling guilty. I can finally get rid of some plastic bags I've accumulated without feeling guilty. The New York City Council passed a bill yesterday that will make large stores in the Big Apple collect and recycle the bags they pack groceries and other goods in. There will be bins in stores where you can bring your plastic bags, which can be from any store, of course.
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6 Comments:
Interesting. Here in Baltimore (The City of Good Intentions) they have just changed their recycling to omit those pesky blue grocery bags. They just won't take them anymore! Sounds crazy, no? However most of the local supermarkets have recycling bins especially for plastic bags. I hope they do away with them altogether. (The bags, I mean) They seem to be everywhere; power lines, chain-link fences, gutters...
RichardCrystal at 9:41AM on 01/11/08
This is definitely a step in the right direction, but it would be better not to use the plastic bags in the first place and bring reusable bags with you from home.
jamieforrest at 10:15AM on 01/11/08
YAY! The stores in my area give out plastic bags like they're going out of style. Oh wait... THEY ARE!
Lauren Krueger at 11:02AM on 01/11/08
@RichardCrystal: I thought Baltimore was "Charm City" or "The City that Reads"!
I can't believe this is news. Even in Kansas, where I grew up, we had—YEARS AGO—bins at grocery stores to return plastic bags.
Adam Kuban at 12:41PM on 01/11/08
This is a great thing. Whats up with grocery baggers also double bagging every single bag, regardless of how little there is in the bag? I HATE that habit of theirs.
On the other hand, I keep all my plastic bags and use them for trash. This way, I never buy trash bags such as Hefty or Glad. Two birds with one stone. Also, since the grocery bags are small and fill up fast, I never have a big old bag of trash sitting in my apartment, I pretty much throw my trash out every day.
The grocery bags are made with much less plastic than the trash bags are, so I feel like not only am I saving money by using my grocery bags as trash bags, I am also putting less plastic into the landfill.
seyo at 1:40PM on 01/11/08
I started bringing canvas bags with me to the market 20 years ago when we lived in HongKong. On the occasions I forget them I am always blown away by the number of plastic bags it takes to do the same job that 3 large canvas ones can handle. I think that over the years my family must have saved thousands of plastic bags from being used, especially when people insist on putting only one or two items in a bag. Using the bags is easy--just stick them in the trunk of your car after you empty them and they are always there when you need them. I imagine the hard part in the USA is sourcing the canvas ones. Supermarkets in Singapore and HongKong sell them for a nominal amount. I have some which I use at our house in North Carolina and the store managers are always intrigued with the idea. With luck maybe it will catch on!
smallblondemom at 9:27PM on 01/11/08