Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 10, 2016

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    nate3766  almost 9 years ago

    Oh yeah..especially for the meat and leaving the frozen ice thing back in the freezer..Hey, I live in Florida..gets real warm here , especially during the summer..

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    JayBluE  almost 9 years ago

    I have had this happen. Toting reusable bags to the store (or empty boxes and such for the stores that utilize this method), just to leave them in the car…

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    kenhense  almost 9 years ago

    I wish I could remember even once (100 paper bags in my kitchen). BTW – Let’s not talk about tossing batteries…

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 9 years ago

    I have some of those reusable bags too, but tend to forget them too.

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    Kymberleigh  almost 9 years ago

    This should be proof that the Luanniverse is not in California. No such thing as those plastic bags at the end of the conveyor anymore … just a boxperson wanting to know where your bags are and a cashier asking if you want to buy a paper or reusable bag …

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    JayBluE  almost 9 years ago

    “Tote-al Recall”“A Handle On Things”“A Recollect Call”“You’ve Lost That Baggin’ Feeling” (♫)“And We’ll Go Reminiscing…” (♪)“Spent Money For Nothing, And Them Bags Ain’t Free” (♪)“The Way They Were” (♫)“A Holiday At The Memory Bank”“Sacked”“A Mental Checkout”“Groc-ery Negligence”“V8 Moment”

    “Omission Impossible”“Defeats The Purpose”or“A Time To Remember”

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    JayBluE  almost 9 years ago

    Ha ha ha!!!

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    blunebottle  almost 9 years ago

    “Paper or plastic?”“Plastic. And don’t you dare try charging me 5¢ a bag or I’ll make your bag boy deliver them to my car.”What most people don’t realize is, that this had nothing whatsoever to do with saving the environment. All the way back in the 60’s & 70’s, all the tightwad accountant controllers were always trying to dream up ways of getting out of paying for the bags that bear the name of their company and are actually a part of their advertising. (I worked for some prominent retailers at the time and had inside info.) What a coup it was for them to convince the public- and governments(!) what a wonderful thing they were doing for the environment, when they were really only trying to increase profits!

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    p1w1g1  almost 9 years ago

    If and when the ‘no plastic bags’ hits my area, I will kindly refuse the $.10 charge stating that I have reusable bags in my car and you’ll have to wait for me to go get them and if they refuse to allow my groceries to sit on their counter I will just kindly say ‘never mind’ I won’t be buying anything here today and do my shopping elsewhere.

    Another thing our ‘robber baron’ Jerry Brown and our socialist state congress has just started on Jan 1 is, if you own a prepaid cellphone and you load more money on it you will be taxed 10% or more each time you add more money.

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    homfencing  almost 9 years ago

    All…the…time!

    ’Course, we can just pack the bags at the car…

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    JayBluE  almost 9 years ago

    Ha ha!!– (store plastic bags:) Same here. Instead of having to buy separate trash bags for the small wastebaskets, I find these do the job just as well, and since I have a few of them, it saves some money. Plus the extras could also be returned to several stores that have collecting /recycling, and some of them will turn them back into bags they can supply to the customer…

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    p1w1g1  almost 9 years ago
    IamJayBluE said, 5 minutes ago

    “Same here. Instead of having to buy separate trash bags for the small wastebaskets,”

    I do that also, but I take it one step further. I ask them to bag the groceries in ‘paper in plastic’. I then use those as regular trash bags, the paper allows the bag to stand up while the plastic one contains any liquids that may escape from the paper bag. No buying of trash bags at all.Did I mentioned that I’m 70yrs old and live on a low fixed income, hence all the money saving tips.

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    richard0184  almost 9 years ago

    I use plastic bags line up my waste baskets.

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    TMO1 Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    When I bring in bags, most of the time the cashiers act like it’s a problem or inconvenience to them to have to deal with anything other than their built-in bag holders and bags.

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    CO Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Just for the record the ban for the whole state for “large grocery stores” went into effect July 1, 2015, but for the little stores the deadline is July 1, 2016.

    And the problem is both about wild life and such, but also about landfills. The plastic doesn’t decompose. And these bags can’t be recycled because they are so thin and ironically don’t have much plastic in them All the larger plastic items can be recycled, along with paper, and metals, and such. Other than stuff that is food waste or has been touched by food waste, almost everything can go into recycling of some kind here in San Jose. And I live in a townhouse community, and the recycle is taken away for free, but the community pays for the garbage to be taken away. So in affect we get paid to do the right thing and recycle useful things instead of putting them in a landfill.

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    JayBluE  almost 9 years ago

    (♪)“Baby you’ll come dragging a cart into the storeLeft the bags you planned to use, some moreEverywhere is like a traffic jamExcept for that one with speed tracks on the floor

    And you’ll remember, once you get in lineYou’ll keep thinking you can run back and get ‘em from the car So now you’ll have to drag, your cart around….

    It’s hard to think about what you came in for It’s hard not to think about what it’ll costThis doesn’t have to be the big shelf clearerIt doesn’t look like they’ve got my brand of sauceYou know I don’t really want your sampleI know you’re gunnin’ for that one last can

    Baby, you know this is the express laneOver limit with 10 bags of corn curlsSo start draggin’ that, start draggin’ that cart somewhere else…

    People runnin’ loose wheeled carts at Food World,Blocking aisles just to decide what to do…Make with stink eye at some bright eyed checkout kidMovin’ slow, like they’re standing in glue“Okay, that’ll be $295.95”“I need the manager with the void key..”

    Then you have the nerve to look them in the eyeHold up the line for the price of corn curls..Stoppin’ everybody from draggin’ their carts around…

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    JayBluE  almost 9 years ago

    Wow, pretty handy!

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    Trilobyte Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    My solution was to grab a cart in the parking lot to return to the store, this helped me to remember to bring my reusable bags from the car..Now I live in India and purchase produce from street vendors. I save up the disposable bags and then take them as a gift to vendors who then save on needing to purchase new bags (future trash)..As near as I can tell no one else here is doing this. It feels really good. The vendors are glad to get them..Health regulations/liability in USA would most likely preclude a place in or at stores to drop off bags for others to use..Living in India allows me to see some of the best, and the most problematic, manifestations of a more libertarian society. This is one that appears to be working really nicely.

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    Queen of America  almost 9 years ago

    Like many others, I, too have left the bags in the truck. One of the local health food stores doesn’t provide bags or boxes. One day I was lucky and only had bags of raw, unsalted nuts and was able to get them all into my big purse. Otherwise I would have had to make 2 trips to the truck.

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    deadheadzan  almost 9 years ago

    Don’t you just hate it!?

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    Barry1941  almost 9 years ago

    Been there and done that.

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    dadoctah  almost 9 years ago

    Recycling made easy:.Rule one of good ecological practice is “always put things back where you got them”..Paper is made from trees, which grow from the earth. And plastic is made from petroleum, which is also extracted from the earth..So whether you choose paper or plastic, you should always put the bags into the ground they came from..How is this even a problem?

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    dlkrueger33  almost 9 years ago

    I always put the bags in the passenger seat so that when I grab my purse as I’m leaving the car I will see them and take them. HA! Sounds good, right? I STILL forget them. I think I need to tie them to my purse.

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    Plods with ...™  almost 9 years ago

    That reminds me. I have to put them back in the car.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    “PAPER! And Make SURE YOU “Double Bag!” Last week YOU Forgot to Double Bag and the BOTTOM darn Near Fell OUT!!" – Nancy-bot

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    æ²  almost 9 years ago

    Today’s strip is me right now. I have at least 10 of those bags in my trunk. Do I ever remember to take them in and use them? Nope! And it makes me mad at myself every time I forget!

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    Grutzi  almost 9 years ago

    We have a dog and cannot walk her without a plastic bag and I use them for two of my trash cans. I do not think I could get along if they were banned in Michigan. I don’t throw any plastic bags away and request no bags for certain items.

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    maverick1usa  almost 9 years ago

    Lots of Californian talk on plastic bags today. I’m in Nebraska & I thought California did outlaw the plastic bags. I gethem from the store but take them back to the recycle barrels when I remember. I have an overstuffed large plastic bag because I have forgot them the last few store trips!

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    terry  almost 9 years ago

    This happens to me a lot, but I just put them back in the cart and push it to the car, and bag them there. I sometimes notice other people do this too. I’m surprised nobody commented on that solution yet!

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    katycoach  almost 9 years ago

    Easy solution – Say neither, put all the groceries back into a cart and then pack it into the ♻️ Bags when you get to the car.

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    pmalcpoet  almost 9 years ago

    This is where I usually buy another bag!

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    JanLC  almost 9 years ago

    Those reusable bags are even worse for the environment than the plastic ones CA has banned. The carbon footprint from the manufacture of those reusable plastic bags makes them something like 32 times worse than the thin ones, and that’s if you only use the thin ones once. Most of us recycle them in one way or another (use as trash bags, donate to some charity that wants them, put them in the recycle bin) so that makes the ratio even worse. I have some reusable canvas bags that don’t have that stigma, but they are finally wearing out and no one makes them anymore.So I don’t feel guilty about not using reusable bags because I’m actually doing more for the environment by NOT using them.

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   almost 9 years ago

    BTW -Where have we seen last week’s theme played out before?

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   almost 9 years ago

    The boxes you can get to transport your things at Costco, Sam’s, etc. are great; they’re recyclable, they’re not likely to be used a tie up fast-food detritus or dirty diapers and left in a parking lot somewhere.Not to mention that some are even the perfect configuration to be used for file folders.

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    del_grande Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    California’s statewide ban on plastic bags was put on hold; it will be on the November ballot. Some cities, like Sacramento, appear to have their own bans/restrictions in place.

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    lessa49002  almost 9 years ago

    I had some ugly fabric that I received from my mother. I kept it for years and when my local grocery started to deduct 5 cents for each bag I brought in, I found a bag pattern on Google and made 6 bags about 22"X22" with handles. I keep them on the floor behind the drivers seat and mostly remember them. My newspaper is delivered in a plastic bag (thrown from a car) everyday. I save them up and give them to my daughter who uses them when she walks her dog. The bags are long and skinny and perfect for slipping over the hand and arm to pick up any size of mess.

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    AnnDeeQ  almost 9 years ago

    There are at least two ways to avoid this problem. First, I put the shopping list and the grocery money in a pocket of one of the reusable bags. I NEVER forget to take my bags, and if I do, I go back to get them, because I can’t shop without the list..But I saw a woman who forgot her bags just toss everything back into her cart and take her groceries out to her car to put them in the bags there. Nancy could do that..My Friends of the Library group made book bags with pockets. People like them because their library card is always with their library books in a handy-dandy carrier..Last thing: It amazes me how many people comment on this comic! Hardly anyone will read my comments; I never read below the “Load more comments” box.

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    ACnotliW  almost 9 years ago

    The preamble shows a tree and an oil well. News flash: plastic bags are mode from our abundant natural gas, not oil! The whole paper vs. plastic issue is the perfect example of what happens when we elect people who are clueless about the science behind what they legislate. For the facts just Google “reason magazine reusable bags” to see the facts behind why the plastic bag ban is actually dangerous to your health.

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    Burgundy2  almost 9 years ago

    Oh yeah. That’s me.

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    bettyherr  almost 9 years ago

    Easy solution to this problem. When you get the bags emptied after the last shopping trip, take them out to the car again and — this is the key — put them on the front passenger seat. When I get into the car again, my purse sits on top of them. Bingo! When I hit the grocery store, there are the bags, daring me to forget to take them in!

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    Airman  almost 9 years ago

    Cartoon – okay, but Nancy needs to be more full figured to balance the largeness of her head and hair. And, the bagger, with that chin, could be Jay Leno’s son. But Greg draws a nice SUV, as well as buildings and outside art. Other than Gunther and Tiffany, the characters are dull, but the artwork keeps getting better all the time.

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    doverdan  almost 9 years ago

    These “nothing sundays” seem such a waste. .There is so much hanging plot going on in Luann that could at least be touched on..It was not always thus on Luann. Have times changed?.Other strips still have things actually going on on Sunday.

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    doverdan  almost 9 years ago

    So he gets nowhere with his Gunterish look. Day old beard.

    . But we know what that does to Tiff.

    See the Christmas panel.

    She wants to teach him Biology.

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    Thehag  almost 9 years ago

    You have a problem living in California? Feel free to move out.

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    Sangelia  almost 9 years ago

    I tend to go for paper. I reuse the paper bags to carry out the recycling to the bin. When the bags get too worn and torn, I then recycle them by putting them in the bin as well.

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    Old Man River  almost 9 years ago

    It’s a lose lose. Plastic is harder to get rid of, but Paper spews much more pollutants into the air and water when it is beinf manufactured. Sort of a pay me now or pay me later deal

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    ACTIVIST1234  almost 9 years ago

    “A trunk full of reusable bags and soft-sided coolers and then leave them in the car”*M2MM – thanks for explaining today’s strip— I didn’t get it. I walk to the store with a bag or two in my backpack so have never had this problem.

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    ACTIVIST1234  almost 9 years ago

    To those of you who still drive…, I suggest responding “Paper” and then reusing that paper bag to recycle your newspapers.

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    Argythree  almost 9 years ago

    -meat is wrapped in plastic

    Unfortunately, if a cut of meat is especially, uh, bloody, that seems to loosen the plastic wrapping. So I’ve had packages of meat that leaked into my cloth bags. When I scrubbed the bags to try to remove the blood, the thin cloth developed holes.

    I understand that the plastic in the small carrier bags doesn’t break down in landfills, but there are a lot of things put in landfills that also cause problems and have yet to be addressed very well. Tires are one, and it is especially dangerous, because once tires catch fire, you can’t put that fire out.

    Meanwhile, on my individual scale, I continue to use the small plastic carriers (double bagged if meat is involved), and reuse them to dispose of the food waste I generate (egg shells, peelings, etc.) because we dont’ have any recycling process for food waste to create mulch here. And I am in bear country, so the more securely I wrap food waste, the less of a problem I cause that way…

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    Deschutes  almost 9 years ago

    Or just remember to bring them. Easy Peasy. Becomes a habit after enough repetition.

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    Thehag  almost 9 years ago

    Not really meant as advice, oh Literal One.

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    Argythree  almost 9 years ago

    -And on another story about our environment, the City of Cape Coral (on the west coast of Florida) was hit by a tornado late last night. Winds of 135 miles per hour; not sure what that is on the score they use for tornadoes, but it affected at least 12 square miles, and for awhile,10,000 homes were without power. No word yet on injuries or deaths, but lots of homes trashed.

    Connection to environment is that this is not really a ‘tornado season’ for Florida, except when El Nino (if that is the right spelling) occurs and affects the temperature of oceans and bays…

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    Cronkers McGee  Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    I left my bags in the car, oh no!

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Been there, done that.

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    patlaborvi  almost 9 years ago

    I have reusable bags and I use them all the time. They’re bigger than the plastic bags the store carries so they can hold more, they’re also stronger than the plastic bags (one jar of spaghetti sauce ripping through the bag and smashing on the sidewalk was enough for me). Since I generally use the bus for transportation I can’t stick things in the trunk and get them home, I need the bags, and I’ve found them useful for other things like holding the left over yarn balls from my knitting and my board games when I go somewhere for a game. Since I also use them to carry my empties to the store I don’t generally forget them either.

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    Charliegirl Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    You’re in good (bad?) company. I do it all the time.

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    æ²  almost 9 years ago

    Actually, I just thought of an idea: I set up a location-based reminder on my iPhone for the parking lot of my local supermarket. So every time I pull into that lot, my iPhone will remind me to use my bags. Problem solved!

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    Mikmaq  almost 9 years ago

    Either; I’m bi-sacksual

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    ai_vin  almost 9 years ago

    Yup, this happens to me ALL the time.

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    3pibgorn9  almost 9 years ago

    Aye. Me, too.

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    rekam Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    I use a plastic bag to load up smaller plastic bags and when it’s full, put it with my recyclables.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  almost 9 years ago

    Just buy more reusable bags

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    KG1  almost 9 years ago

    I rarely bring bags into a store. I just have them put them back into a cart and then put them in the bags, totes and coolers I keep in the back of my van sorting by type. fridge, frozen, pantry and cleaners. Nancy could have done the same instead of being mad at herself since she had the bags in her car.

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    Sisyphos  almost 9 years ago

    I do sympathize with Nancy. But cloth re-useables are suspect for health reasons and for their limited endurance. I do not like paper bags, because they are so clumsy and hard to carry (after being used to plastic bags with handles for many years). The heavy-ply, sturdier plastic bags may be reusable, but, like Nancy, though worse, I just let them stack up in the corner of my kitchen where I have a carton for bags….

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    Jim Kerner  almost 9 years ago

    I hope that you don’t have bags under your eyes.

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    Jim Kerner  almost 9 years ago

    I see that Nancy’s suffering from Middle Age Alzheimer’s Disease. It’s called CRS. Can’t Remember rhymes with Hit.

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    JayBluE  almost 9 years ago

    You know, Nancy is “kicking herself” for her oversight, but her expression could also look as though she’s "practicing the ‘one mile carry’ ", which she could be doing (unless it’s a store that has free stock boy help to get the groceries in the car, as one store chain in my area does) as she lugs the groceries to her vehicle, even if she doubles her bags (the ones in our area seem a little thinner than in years past)… – And before I forget, a shout out to Herbie and the Baker’s Dozen… with the score of 53-13….

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    mklange Premium Member almost 9 years ago
    As a person I used to work with said, “If she spent 2 seconds worrying about that, it was 2 seconds too many”
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    Caldonia  almost 9 years ago

    The bags always get carried to the front seat along with your purse. It’s not that hard.Don’t forget to buy Purina Theatre Chow for Prudence!

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    Spade Jr.  almost 9 years ago

    LOVE seeing food shoppers bringing in their own bags! That means there’s more for me to always have a good stock of garbage bags on hand.

    Which are, amazingly enough…..recyclable!

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    prasrinivara  almost 9 years ago

    You COULD answer “rubber” Mrs. D….

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    jbolty Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Reusable bags are dangerous unless washed regularly and if you do wash them it takes water and soap and energy. The plastic ones have lots of secondary uses are cheap and made from waste products.

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    OneTime59  almost 9 years ago

    I’m just now getting to catch up on my reading, so I’m almost two days behind on this frame, but I find, even if I bring in a re-usable bag, the cashier automatically and quickly reaches for the plastic bags (for those States that have not yet instituted a ban) and I have to quickly try to stop them, so I can use the recycle bag.

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    quikmantx  almost 9 years ago

    Thanks for sharing. Mesh bags do have a lot of advantages as a reusable bag. In addition to your points, it also uses less materials to make.

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    CamiSu Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Most stores in our area have signs reminding you to bring your bags, but the other alternative is to just put it back into the cart and pack the back at the car.

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    rklynch  over 3 years ago

    Yeah… I’m always doing that. Leaving my bags in the car

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