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[MoxManiac]

Sucks to be california. I hope they don't start doing shit like that here.

 

[ToxicAdam]

How am I supposed to throw away my cat's pee and poop

Newspaper? Oh, those will be gone in 10 years time, too.

 

[JumpJeff84]

How am I supposed to throw away my cat's pee and poop

Collect it in mason jars and ship it to me. I live in Vancouver. I'll pay for all shipping charges, and I'll throw in a couple of bucks for your trouble.

I'd be eternally grateful if you could include with the first package a full body photograph of your cat. It's important that I know what he looks like for the whole thing to work.

 

[wenis]

Guess I gotta bring my own bags now...Although this was already implemented city wide in San Francisco at grocery stores it's still going to be annoying when I'm carrying 50 bucks worth of comics out into the rain...doh!

Also how do they plan on enforcing this?

"STOP HIM HE HAS A PLASTIC BAG!"
"We had to shoot him, the man was crazy with plastic"

 

[speculawyer]

Uh . . . that picks up . . . but then what do you do with it?

And just throwing it in the garbage bin sucks . . . it gets smeared on the side and makes the garbage bin forever stink like poop.

 

[winjet81]

Think we have this in Ontario too? Or should be. Good on you Cali.

In Toronto, retail merchants, are required, by law, to charge a minimum of five cents for each plastic retail shopping bag requested by the customer to carry out their
purchases.

Not exactly a ban on bags... but a step in the right direction.

 

[Corran Horn]

Walmart near me has not given out plastic bags for last 6+ months. Sucks because I always forget when I go there :lol

 

[DanteFox]

so what am I supposed to use as my bathroom garbage bags now?

the environmentalists want to save the environment so their alternative to wasteful plastic bags is... killing more trees? :lol

 

[NomarTyme]

so what am I supposed to use as my bathroom garbage bags now?

the environmentalists want to save the environment so their alternative to wasteful plastic bags is... killing more trees? :lol

Trees can regrow. Also it can decompose.

 

[bean breath]

Now I have to buy waste basket bags :/

 

[sk3]

I use my plastic bags as my kitchen garbage bags!

Me too! In fact I use them as liners for most of the smaller trash cans in my house. Fuck this new law! I'm trying to recycle here!

 

[MoxManiac]

I say fuck the environment, what has the environment done for us lately!

 

[Hilbert]

so what am I supposed to use as my bathroom garbage bags now?

the environmentalists want to save the environment so their alternative to wasteful plastic bags is... killing more trees? :lol

I was under the impression all paper comes from tree farms. Lumber is what is killing forests, not paper.

Of course if I am wrong, I am sure someone will correct me

 

[Xeke]

Uh . . . that picks up . . . but then what do you do with it?

And just throwing it in the garbage bin sucks . . . it gets smeared on the side and makes the garbage bin forever stink like poop.

Uh, just buy flushable litter.

 

[Calamachino]

This is a law in San Francisco. Although, it only effects stores with a high amount of customers, like Safeway, Lucky, or Trader Joes. Small liquor stores and such still give out plastic bags.

Some stores around here reward you for using your own bag. Safeway gives you a 5 cent credit (whop dee doo) and Trader Joe's enters you into some contest.

 

[out0v0rder]

this is motherfucking bullshit.

 

[NeoUltima]

Sure sounds good...I do hope(when/if this becomes national) stores sell regular plastic grocery-like bags somehow though, they come in handy around the house.

 

[scitek]

I don't mind the idea of reusable bags, but I don't want to be seen carrying around those big, tacky green ones. Can't they be a little less loud?

 

[ToxicAdam]

If I lived in California, I'd roll up in the grocery stores with Ikea bags.

 

[RobbieNick]

God, I'm sick of this state. It's run by hippies.

I'm all in support of re-useable bags, but it should be a choice. Oh wait!! How is it that the plastic ones are not re-useable? Me and my mother save our plastic bags and re-use them for other things in the house, including our laundry or gathering our recyclables into them to throw into our blue can. We make 2-3 uses out of one bag before they're thrown away.

Plus, we have a big house. It takes 10-12 bags to fill our groceries. You expect me to drag around a dozen canvas bags? Fuck that. Not only that, many modern plastic bags are made out of recycled material anyway.

"Sees the Ikea bags" Hmmmm okay, if they give us bags THAT big, that would help alot.:lol

 

[Manus]

Yeah do plastic bags really hurt the environment that bad?

 

[wenis]

Yeah do plastic bags really hurt the environment that bad?

*que sappy picture of tree covered in plastic bags followed by comments such as*
"this hurts my soul"
"goddamn humanity"
"blah blah blah"

 

[huha]

Can't you take the shopping cart directly to your car?

 

[Combine]

I really hope those green piece of shit bags are not the only ones they are going to sell.

 

[FateBreaker]

Wow. Nice.

 

[wenis]

I really hope those green piece of shit bags are not the only ones they are going to sell.

Go to safeway and get the nicer black ones with a sweet plastic bottom insert. They really do need to make em bigger though. Not ridiculous sized like those IKEA ones, but just a little bigger. I can barely fit a Digornio pizza in one.

 

[KnightM7]

I use my plastic bags as my kitchen garbage bags!

This.

Expect sales of glad plastic bags to rise making the whole thing pointless..

 

[Alucrid]

This is a law in San Francisco. Although, it only effects stores with a high amount of customers, like Safeway, Lucky, or Trader Joes. Small liquor stores and such still give out plastic bags.

Some stores around here reward you for using your own bag. Safeway gives you a 5 cent credit (whop dee doo) and Trader Joe's enters you into some contest.

In PA Trader Joes takes off a few cents (~15-20) if you bring your own bags. Not much, but better than nothing.

 

[Zoe]

Uh, just buy flushable litter.

I don't really know the details, but there are debates over whether flushing cat poop is good for the environment (due to Toxoplasmosis fears?).

 

[DR2K]

Look I turn the water off when I brush me teeth, I think I do more than enough for the environment. I even reuse the plastic bags.

 

[Decado]

I have like 5 of those reusable bags, but I always forget to take them with me when I go shopping. :/

And paper can suck it.

This.

 

[loosus]

Thank goodness that the California government is to the rescue once again! Gotta get rid of those evil plastic bags! At the very least, this should curb the amount of accidental deaths that result each year in California from citizens choking themselves. Mixing a plastic bag with a Californian was never a good idea to begin with.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

I thought they did years ago.

 

[Decado]

I use my plastic bags as my kitchen garbage bags!

This also.

 

[JumpJeff84]

Look I turn the water off when I brush me teeth, I think I do more than enough for the environment. I even reuse the plastic bags.

Wow, that is pretty insane. I mean, I'm all for helping the environment and all, but you take it to the next level. Hats off to you, Eco-Warrior.

 

[Hellcrow]

I don't see a problem. Plastic bags are a huge environmental problem, and the ban will only enforce the uses of excellent alternatives. I use plastic bags as thrashbags, but I guess they will sell thrash bags in smaller sizes.

 

[dinazimmerman]

this doesn't sound too bad

 

[gutter_trash]

good

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

 

[Teddman]

Don't like it. I already reuse those bags as lunch bags, trash bags, and recycling bags (for grouping up recyclables for the bin).

Also, having a been a grocery cashier in a former life, I can tell you that it will lead to longer lines at the checkout. Nothing is as fast as loading up plastic bags. Now the cashier will have to ask the customer if they want to buy plastic bags, or take the extra time to use paper or a reusable bag the customer brings.

If paper bags remain free, it's just going to cause a ton more of them to be used now. No net gain for the environment, really.

This should've been a ballot measure, it will not prove to be popular once implemented.

 

[Alucrid]

I don't see a problem. Plastic bags are a huge environmental problem, and the ban will only enforce the uses of excellent alternatives. I use plastic bags as thrashbags, but I guess they will sell thrash bags in smaller sizes.

Erm. Trash bags.

 

[SlipperySlope]

Another reason why California is going down the shitter. Why not let people use what they want? If they want to reuse bags, let them. If they don't, why stop them?

 

[huha]

Expect sales of glad plastic bags to rise making the whole thing pointless..

Plastic garbage bags are different from plastic carrying bags. Garbage bags can easily be made biodegradable without compromising their garbage-containing performance. They also don't need to be as resistant to tearing etc.--so, buying purpose-built garbage bags instead of using disposable plastic bags is a good idea.

 

[jstevenson]

I hate this state sometimes.

2 billion dollar hole in the budget? LET'S BAN PLASTIC BAGS.

 

[Vox-Pop]

hahaha, glad to seen other GAFfers use market bags for everything.

 

[Zoe]

Plastic garbage bags are different from plastic carrying bags. Garbage bags can easily be made biodegradable without compromising their garbage-containing performance. They also don't need to be as resistant to tearing etc.--so, buying purpose-built garbage bags instead of using disposable plastic bags is a good idea.

Uhh... pretty sure that's a typical selling point for garbage bags.

 

[Pseudo_Sam]

Dumb ass law, I already reuse my plastic bags anyways.

 

[eosos]

This sucks.. It's always gross when someone brings in their nasty reusable bags and I have to bag for them. I don't mind paper but the reusable ones are just disgusting sometimes...

Yeah, I'm a bagger D:

 

[wenis]

I hate this state sometimes.

2 billion dollar hole in the budget? LET'S BAN PLASTIC BAGS.

bububut the environment!

 

[Teddman]

This sucks.. It's always gross when someone brings in their nasty reusable bags and I have to bag for them. I don't mind paper but the reusable ones are just disgusting sometimes...

Yeah, I'm a bagger D:

Yup. NOTHING is as fast or convenient for clerks as the store's supply of plastic bags. It's actually a very significant difference.

There will be noticeable increase in checkout lines because of this.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

great, i'll just use styrofoam to pick up my dog's shit when i take her out for walks.
and after that, i'll burn it with the shit inside with gasoline.