Look At My Crazy Passport

[countblastula]

Since most of us get our news from LJ, here are two stories that everyone should be a little too exited about:

Arggh! Healdsburg!When the frigatebird first arrived they wouldn't even show him on TV because he was in such bad shape. Looks like he's recovering nicely and will soon be back to stealing other birds' food by forcing them to regurgitate

Comments

[stacyinthecity]

yeah... I am not behind the bag decision, and here is why:

I reuse the plastic bags as garbage bags. I don't buy garbage bags. So the net waste stays the same. Plus, I will be spending more money and have to be inconvenienced into carrying a big bag with me around all day that I won't use until the last half of my trip home.

[polyphonicvegan]

Ha! I just proclaimed my love of plastic bags for kitty litter purposes.

[countblastula]

I also reuse plastic bags as garbage bags but I don't really need the extra one from Whole Foods since so many of my household disposable goods already automatically include bags; chinch food, hay, cereal, noodles, etc.

I have an extra bag that folds up to the size of a wallet and weighs practically nothing so it's not really an inconvenience.

[hmfeelyat]

Their plastic bags make the best dog poo pick-up bags...

[polyphonicvegan]

I'm all for banning plastic bags once the government starts subsidizing biodegradable bags. I can't afford them and I need something to scoop Oscar's litter into; the "flushable" litter still fatally clogs old pipes.

I will miss the Whole Foods plastic bag. They're the best for changing the litter box. Note: I do use canvas when I have enough poop bags in stock or when shopping at a store that only has paper bags.

[countblastula]

Now, it would be great if the store could run background checks on everyone and if they were going to use the plastic bags for cats or garbage they would be allowed to have them for free, but how realistic is that?

Doesn't San Francisco have a plastic bag ban anyway?

[polyphonicvegan]

If the point of the plastic bag ban is to help the environment, the powers that be should make free alternatives available to everyone.

San Francisco does have a plastic bag ban, but a lot of businesses haven't made the switch to paper-only. I highly doubt the small businesses in my neighborhood are going to switch to paper unless the city starts fining them. Walgreens is the only major store I know of here that still has plastic.

[countblastula]

>If the point of the plastic bag ban is to help the environment, the powers that be should make free alternatives available to everyone.

If by "powers that be" you mean Whole Foods, they did just that:

Whole Foods Market has declared today "Bring Your Own Bag Day" and will give out over 50,000 reusable shopping bags to customers at the checkouts this morning to celebrate today's announcement.

After the promotion their reusable bag will cost $.99, which pays for itself after 20 shopping trips since they give you a 5 cent refund for bringing your own bag.

[halphasian]

Outside of the environmental issue, one thing I like about plastic bags (vs. paper, or vs. bringing your own) is that you can carry a virtually unlimited number of plastic bags at the same time. With paper bags, you're limited to two or three. This is a big deal if you don't have a car or a wife to help you carry things home

[halphasian]

Oh, and I also lived on the fourth floor (with no elevator), so having to make multiple trips to get things from the ground floor to my apartment was not very fun.