Adult Children by Stephen Beals for January 26, 2024

Stores here used to sell plastic bags for 20 krónur each (about 15 cents). They were pretty strong, and you could use them many times before you had to throw them away. Now they sell biodegradable bags for 30 krónur (about 23 cents) each. They’re not as strong, so you have to buy twice as many to carry the same amount of groceries, which means they’re really three times as expensive (60 krónur for two bags instead of 20 krónur for one). And that’s not all. I read about an experiment where they buried some “biodegradable” shopping bags, and submerged some others in sea water for three years. When they dug them up and took them out of the sea water, they were all just as strong as they had been before, so they don’t seem to be as environmentally friendly as we’re told.

I use cloth bags myself, here in Washington you are charged 8 cents per bag and get these heavy duty plastic ones that don’t solve the issue as less than half of the people actually reuse them. I wash them with the regular laundry once a week. Been doing it for three years now, and actually prefer it now.

Plastic bags have multiple uses besides just groceries. Charging for their usage can be reasonable, but outlawing them is going too far.

He could always shop somewhere else, but that wouldn’t solve his core issue.

I carry my own reusable shopping bags. The plastic ones have their uses, but are bad for the environment.

Tabby scores again.

The Voice of Reason strikes again.

Who’s on first? Great dialogue -very funny!

Bring your own bag. Reuse old ones.

Austin Tx has a ban on plastic bags. This lady had more than she could carry and couldn’t afford a cloth store bag. So she took her shirt off baring her bra and used the shirt as a bag. Bikini top….bra….kinda of the same thing.

Tabby rules.

If he wants bags he’s GOT to buy them somewhere. Idiot.