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re: When grocery shopping, do you use a reusable bag?

Posted on 10/6/13 at 3:40 pm to
Posted by emboslice
Member since Dec 2012
4519 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 3:40 pm to
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Also, reusable bag nazi, do you also use handkerchiefs instead of kleenex and no paper towels?

Nazi?? I simply stated my preference for them and asked yours.

I use paper towels. Is that okay with you?

I use reusable water bottles. We keeping score or what? Believe it or not, they are plastic (bpa free, mind you) bottles.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97626 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

My pops has worked in the paper mill industry for 30 years ..


My pops worked in petroleum so I use the hell out of plastic
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
136798 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 4:02 pm to
Fin goes to grocery? Sucker
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35113 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 8:08 pm to
reusable bag. I reuse the plastic bags for picking up dog turds.
Posted by OldTigahFot
Drinkin' with the rocket scientists
Member since Jan 2012
10502 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 9:21 pm to
Generally use the cloth bags just for wine. They should be washed every couple of weeks or so or they will collect a lot of bacteria. Use a lot of paper and save them to put recyclables in (lots of beer cans and old newspaper).

Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47370 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 10:14 pm to
Plastic or paper, whatever is available. Doubt I'll ever use reusable unless someone makes me.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
21413 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 10:41 pm to
I use new plastic bags each time I purchase groceries, just like your Doctor uses new latex gloves and hypodermic needles on you. It's a necessary evil. There are other ways to conserve. Some modern things just make sense.
Posted by NoraBora
Santa Monica
Member since Jul 2013
97 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 10:46 pm to
They are banned in Los Angeles, and you have to pay 10 cents for each paper bag at a lot of places in Los Angeles so reusables are my go to. And they are a lot stronger. Street parking is a bitch out here, there's no telling how far I'm going to have to carry them
Posted by NoHoTiger
So many to kill, so little time
Member since Nov 2006
45735 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 11:09 pm to
I do if I remember to being them with me. But I also use the plastic ones to line the tras can in my bathroom, take my lunch, or to wrap things in. So my plastic bags don't go to waste.
Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90479 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 11:20 pm to
plastic. i use them to scoop cat shite into
Posted by offshoreangler
713, Texas
Member since Jun 2008
22314 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 11:23 pm to
Plastic. Big oil what what!
Posted by Caplewood
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2010
39156 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 11:25 pm to
I have some reusable ones that i try and remember to bring every time. If I forget those, I get paper
This post was edited on 10/6/13 at 11:25 pm
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19239 posts
Posted on 10/6/13 at 11:30 pm to
I'm going to start bringing my own bag. Nothing pisses me off at the grocery more than getting 4 plastic bags for the 7 things I just bought. Sometimes I'll ask for paper but oftentimes they have to look for bags or it otherwise takes them longer to bag.
Posted by Croacka
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2008
61441 posts
Posted on 10/7/13 at 7:57 am to
pretty sure i read somewhere that the impact on the environment of producing the reusable bags is 100x the impact of producing a plastic bag


therefore, you'd have to reuse that bag 100x before it became beneficial to the environment


eta: found a link

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When it comes to reusable bags, some have argued they are the better solution. Life cycle studies, like the one conducted by the UK Environment Agency, compared various products and found that a standard reusable cotton grocery bag must be reused 131 times to ensure it has a “lower global warming potential” than a single use of one plastic bag.
LINK
This post was edited on 10/7/13 at 8:00 am
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101917 posts
Posted on 10/7/13 at 8:10 am to
Plastic bags, I reuse them for bringing lunch to work or for picking up dog turds.
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
36674 posts
Posted on 10/7/13 at 8:16 am to
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There's actually a giant garbage heap made mostly of plastic floating in the oceanfloating in the ocean that's twice the size of the United States


Posted by emboslice
Member since Dec 2012
4519 posts
Posted on 10/7/13 at 8:19 am to
quote:

just like your Doctor uses new latex gloves and hypodermic needles on you. It's a necessary evil
right, bags being something that you and I can both control.
Posted by emboslice
Member since Dec 2012
4519 posts
Posted on 10/7/13 at 8:23 am to
Very interesting. Luckily I will use mine far more than 100x and have probably done so already.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29188 posts
Posted on 10/7/13 at 8:32 am to
Paper or plastic.

I reuse the plastic ones for trash can liners, car trash bags, and bringing lunch to work.

I ask them to put as much as they can in each bag.

Resusable are only practical if you do small shopping outings. I'm not bringing in 10+ bags for a family shopping.

Posted by Croacka
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2008
61441 posts
Posted on 10/7/13 at 8:33 am to
quote:

I will use mine far more than 100x and have probably done so already.


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