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You can offset carbon, I'll take that over mass amounts of physical waste from plastic bags.

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But we're not. There's also concerns over water usage in water stressed areas. You take oil out of the ground and you put the plastic back into the ground. It shouldn't be hard to get plastic bags into a garbage can.....the problem isn't plastic bags....they're a better solution than paper bags.


Because the carrying capacity of a plastic and a paper bag are not the same, the study used the carrying capacity of 1,000 paper bags as its baseline and compared their impacts to the impacts of 1,500 plastic bags. The plastic bags used 14.9kg of fossil fuels for manufacturing compared to 23.2kg for paper bags. Plastic bags produced 7kg of municipal solid waste compared to 33.9kg for paper, and greenhouse gas emissions were equivalent to 0.04 tons of CO2 compared to paper’s 0.08 tons. Plastic bags used 58 gallons of fresh water, while paper used 1,004 gallons. Energy use totaled 763 megajoules for plastic, and 2,622 megajoules for paper.

As a result of the heavy use of toxic chemicals in the process, paper is responsible for 70 percent* more air pollution and 50 times more water pollution than plastic bag production according to a Washington Post analysis, resulting in more toxicity to humans and the environment than HDPE bags. And while 66 percent of paper and paperboard are recycled, the recycling process requires additional chemicals to remove the ink and return the paper to pulp, which can add to paper’s environmental impact.

Not trying to win an argument; just trying to correct a popular misconception. Next, I'll explain why letting Muslims into the country is a bad idea...stay tuned :usa:

I'm here to help. Now think about mardi gras beads :lol:

FWIW, I do agree that consumer waste is a legitimate problem.

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You could get a condensate pump and pump the water into a proper drain if you wanted to. That's actually how mine is set up. It drains into a condensate pump and then the condensate pump transfers the water outside onto the ground.

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I’m putting a dry bar (no sink) in our dining room. Would like to have an icemaker but there’s no other drains in the room.

Theres a catch basin i could route it to or tap it directly into the pvc which is under black slate rock. How much water are we talking/day. I was thinking less than gallon but sounds it ‘s more than that.

Cut the branches off that are brown at the base. You may have a soil issue if they all are turning brown. If it's a mix of healthy looking plants and dying plants, your best bet is to pull the dying ones....if it's blight, it will spread. I've had good luck with the New-Gen blight resistant boxwoods.

Contrary to most travel advice, we did this trip earlier this year and loved it:

Land in Dublin and drive to Dingle
2 Nights in Dingle
Drive to Cliffs of Moher (Stay in Doolin)
Drive to Ashford Castle (2 nights)
Drive to Bushmill Inn (Giant's Causeway)
Drive to Dublin with a stop at the Titanic Museum in Belfast
2 nights in Dublin

Honestly, our least favorite was the Cliffs of Moher. Giants Causeway is a much better experience. Doing it again, I would plan another stop between Ashford Castle and Bushmill Inn......either Galway or Sligo.

I dont think it should be reviewable. Hitters are taught to go to the ball on every pitch….theyre not expecting to have to avoid it. They’re swinging until the last split second, it’s every hitters approach….rule needs to be changed…it should only be called when blatant.

Appreciate the reply, the Maligne Canyon is closed, thats what we wanted to do. So far, we’ve booked tix on the Skytram and plan to hike up to the top of Whistler and food tour in Jasper. Thinking about the Dark Sky experience, was wondering if anyone could comment on that. Is it worth it? It starts at 11:30pm-Thx

We'll be in Banff for 3 days and then traveling to Jasper where we'll have 2 days. Our group is 6 adults and 9 kids ages 8-18 y.o., plus a 3 year old (which complicates things).

We're planning to do a private raft with Wild Water Adventures (the one that allows 8 yos; 3 yo will stay back w/ mom) one day while we're in Banff. Also planning to do a Glacier private tour with Ice Walks on our travel day from Banff to Jasper.

Looking for other suggestions that would work for our group. We'll have different levels of hikers so I'm thinking of things like Lake Louise, w/ half of our group just going to the lake and the other half hiking up to the Tea House. Not sure what my chances are for getting shuttle passes for 16, knowing it'll have to be two separate reservations; any advice there is greatly appreciated. Also intrigued by Yoho and that area if it's less crowded and easier to navigate with a big group. I always get great advice from here and appreciate everyone's input!

Le Chein is another really solid option if you don't mind driving to Denham Springs. I would put them above Sammy's and Lakeside and it's good for kids.

For a stroller, buy a Mountain Buggy Nano. It folds up to the size of a briefcase, it's light, and it has some capacity for storing diaper/wipes/shopping bags. We have 4 kids and travel a decent amount. Just got back from London & Ireland with it. It was one of the better child investments for us. If we're doing ride share/taxi, we don't use a car seat, just hold the baby in our lap, to each their own in this regard. If we're renting a vehicle, we rent a car seat with the vehicle.