tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post7067627118852109482..comments2023-10-01T21:23:32.250+11:00Comments on pottymouthmama: So, Plastic Is Not So FantasticLexi:: PottyMouthMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11181216844318289796noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-80150033094414680932008-08-20T23:25:00.000+10:002008-08-20T23:25:00.000+10:00That's a great post. Here in Japan, as of Septemb...That's a great post. Here in Japan, as of September 1st, they are going to start charging for plastic bags, which I think is a great idea.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, everything over here is sooooo over packaged! Just one example, if you buy biscuits, each cookie is individually wrapped, then they are all on a plastic tray and then wrapped again! Drives me nuts!<BR/><BR/>I'd also recently heard the idea of taking your own container to a takeaway store. I want to try it here, but not sure how I'd go. They get upset enough when I turn down the disposable chopsticks.Melanie Gray Augustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01531718674624846409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-81218735923007581442008-08-20T15:08:00.000+10:002008-08-20T15:08:00.000+10:00And another thing. Send me your address if you pl...And another thing. Send me your address if you please. I'm not sayin' we're ready to send the Wonkatonka Moose package just yet but I am CLOSER to sending it!<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-8264153340795187572008-08-20T12:28:00.000+10:002008-08-20T12:28:00.000+10:00What I found really annoying when I lived in Engla...What I found really annoying when I lived in England, where recycling is more heavily policed by the local councils than it is in Australia, is that the responsibility was placed upon the consumers to do the right thing - and to be punished when they didn't. Nevermind the fact that the producers of the food and products we buy wrap things in a million layers of packaging which are quite frankly needless. Yet somehow, they decided it's our responsibility to dispose of the wrappings properly. How about they just stop the crap and produce things more efficiently? At the end of the day, big companies will make more of a difference than individuals trying to manage their homes.<BR/>Anyway, that's my two cents :)Hilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06635628613744519816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-2590270432268314422008-08-20T11:21:00.000+10:002008-08-20T11:21:00.000+10:00I use those bags and I love them! They've recently...I use those bags and I love them! They've recently released a nice shade of lavender and best of all they sell them at my local post office.Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09754100790023579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-81072859969217477682008-08-20T08:00:00.000+10:002008-08-20T08:00:00.000+10:00Great post. (I loved the Laura Palmer reference - ...Great post. (I loved the Laura Palmer reference - how many people will remember that I wonder! My sister and I are always making "wrapped in plastic" jokes.)<BR/><BR/>And I love string bags!Lieslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392520536946879645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-12851273460617129492008-08-20T00:42:00.000+10:002008-08-20T00:42:00.000+10:00That is a great idea and challenge. They are going...That is a great idea and challenge. They are going to start getting rid of bags at the grocery stores. I think that is a good step.Pecos Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16953945367943890844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-23024561382957944342008-08-19T21:32:00.000+10:002008-08-19T21:32:00.000+10:00We've tried to cut back on all the plastic.We get ...We've tried to cut back on all the plastic.<BR/>We get our fruit and veg delivered in a big box every fortnight (all jumbled in together) but you put your old box out each time and it gets picked up and re-used.<BR/>I stopped buying soft drink and only buy cordial (2L of cordial is much less plastic than 2L of soft drink).<BR/>I have the tupperware sandwich containers instead of cling wrap.<BR/>Making my own pretty fabric green bags is on my list of things to do!CurlyPopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073292585833387749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-58593504241140406222008-08-19T20:18:00.000+10:002008-08-19T20:18:00.000+10:00love the idea of using a truely green bag and the ...love the idea of using a truely green bag and the string bag is a winner.<BR/><BR/>has anyone else thought cynical thoughts about the supermarkets and their new bag policies... their plastic bag bills have plummeted, we're not using as many, and they now don't print their names on them. we buy green bags off them (which they surely still make good margin on) and sales of bin liners have surged.<BR/>it looks like win, win, win to the supermarket!<BR/><BR/>but what to do with the kitchen bin?<BR/>when i deliberately don't take my green bags shopping i find i have to justify myself to the checkout operator and customers around me because i've run out of plastic rubbish bags for my bin that was designed to recycle such bags. <BR/><BR/>check with your local council, we now have a tiny rubbish bin and a full size recycling bin. (we had been supplied with the opposite) the upgrade to big recycling bin was free and we now have a significantly reduced rubbish charge on our rates. <BR/><BR/>and christie, it's expensive, but the tupperware big lunchbox is great. it has compartments that never mix, and i've never used plastic wrap insidelyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701715051248478692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-5911124992683904572008-08-19T18:34:00.000+10:002008-08-19T18:34:00.000+10:00Great idea leaving a bag at the register, I'll def...Great idea leaving a bag at the register, I'll definitely be doing that one. We have way to many of those bags at home. Great post.Mc Cranky!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05250214398937501034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-31657826925585693162008-08-19T17:42:00.000+10:002008-08-19T17:42:00.000+10:00Oh yes.. see you on the walk Miss! xxOh yes.. see you on the walk Miss! xxmeetmeatmikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088257801400843909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-65582301633792938002008-08-19T16:24:00.000+10:002008-08-19T16:24:00.000+10:00I have just bought 4 string bags......I remember m...I have just bought 4 string bags......I remember my mother having these.........they are so small you can always have one in a handbag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-15348112304032273132008-08-19T15:57:00.000+10:002008-08-19T15:57:00.000+10:00Great post! I always buy the toilet paper that com...Great post! I always buy the toilet paper that comes wrapped in paper rather than plastic (the SAFE brand) and we do all our staples shopping at the local produce market every Saturday morning, which cuts down heaps on plastic. You just trundle around with your market trolley, or pram loaded up with green bags, and you don't need a plastic bag for anything (and no-one rolls their eyes at you either :P). I also find that just cooking and baking as much as possible at home makes a big difference too! And homemade bikkies in a glass jar are so much nicer than ones that come cradled in plastic anyway :)<BR/>Cheers, BecBechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13723810605485842824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-53322615827146554122008-08-19T15:49:00.000+10:002008-08-19T15:49:00.000+10:00Did you shrink your font or are my eyes failing me...Did you shrink your font or are my eyes failing me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-28898751588958681232008-08-19T15:41:00.000+10:002008-08-19T15:41:00.000+10:00I lOVE the Iidea of bringing your own bag to the s...I lOVE the Iidea of bringing your own bag to the supermarket, but I'm not a big fan of those green bags because as you say, thay are plastic themselves. I like canvas or string bags too.<BR/><BR/>We use glass baby bottles at home & glass storeage containers too. We still have plastic stuff around the house but I am trying to get rid of it & I am yet to find a kids lunchbox solution! <BR/><BR/>We don't get plastic bags where possible at the green grocer, we bring everything home in a cardboard box, but the supermarket stuff is HARD! I would LOVE to try going for 2 weeks without buying any plastic, what a great challenge!Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935564388507544207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751844810135357320.post-81614586152802680632008-08-19T14:20:00.000+10:002008-08-19T14:20:00.000+10:00What an excellent post.Good for you!My hubby and I...What an excellent post.<BR/>Good for you!<BR/>My hubby and I bought a whole slew of cloth bags and we keep them in the car to use when we go shopping. The hard part is remembering to bring them into the store with us. Usually one of us has to run back to the car to get them when we hit the checkout. That's ok. We will learn, eventually, to take them in automatically.I agree with you that plastic comes in everything. I am not sure how the world is going to solve that one.Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05982808720385645394noreply@blogger.com