@Rhamlin said:
Halfsaur
@Yakster Perfect!!
@Trykflyr_1 said:
Eggs Ackley
This is known as "Greenwashing"
In case Ian's meme needs further enhancement...
LOL
@webmost said: @Trykflyr_1 said: Eggs Ackley This is known as "Greenwashing"
@webmost said:
My disagree. Plastic bottles can be recycled, plastic bags cannot.
Our market takes plastic bags for recycling. I don’t know if they really recycle them.
I checked and find them to be a "maybe".
"low-density polyethylene, aka LDPE, is used in plastic bags, plastic wrapping, and cling film. It is usually not recycled."
"When No. 4 plastic is recycled, it is chipped into pellets which are then reprocessed into new bags or added to wood pulp to create a sort of plastic/lumber composite, like the kind made by Trex."
The floor on my deck is Trex, the stuff is great
My agree, because plastic bag packaging is used for many items in the store, yet they don't want you to choose plastic bags at checkout.
@Hobbes86 said: @webmost said: @Trykflyr_1 said: Eggs Ackley This is known as "Greenwashing" My agree, because plastic bag packaging is used for many items in the store, yet they don't want you to choose plastic bags at checkout.
@Hobbes86 said:
What would you put a gallon of milk in? A pound of ham? A pound of macaroni salad? 2 liters of cola? Your cookie package..... When this increases your cost for all those products to change the packaging will you be ok with it? I quoted Ian but all are welcome to comment.
@Vision said: What would you put a gallon of milk in? A pound of ham? A pound of macaroni salad? 2 liters of cola?
@Vision said:
What would you put a gallon of milk in? A pound of ham? A pound of macaroni salad? 2 liters of cola?
None of those things will hold a gallon of milk. I get milk in cardboard containers, and back when it came in heavy bottles sealed with a pog. The milkman carried them to the galvanized milk box on the steps next to the kitchen door. In the winter they would freeze and a small tower of cream would push the pog off.
@Vision said: @Hobbes86 said: My agree, because plastic bag packaging is used for many items in the store, yet they don't want you to choose plastic bags at checkout. What would you put a gallon of milk in? A pound of ham? A pound of macaroni salad? 2 liters of cola? Your cookie package..... When this increases your cost for all those products to change the packaging will you be ok with it? I quoted Ian but all are welcome to comment.
@Hobbes86 said: My agree, because plastic bag packaging is used for many items in the store, yet they don't want you to choose plastic bags at checkout.
I guess you'd walk down to the coop and refill your reusable milk container from a tank. You'd get your ham in butcher paper, your macaroni salad in a reusable container, and you wouldn't drink cola. LOL
@Vision said: What would you put a gallon of milk in? A pound of ham? A pound of macaroni salad? 2 liters of cola? Your cookie package..... When this increases your cost for all those products to change the packaging will you be ok with it? I quoted Ian but all are welcome to comment.
Just to be clear, I don't care if folks package their products in plastic bags. Just don't tell me I'm wrong for using plastic bags to carry my groceries while all these products are also packaged in plastic.
As for alternative packaging methods, I think Edward and Chris pretty much covered the bases. We buy milk in cardboard cartons, I prefer my meat to be wrapped in paper from the butcher, I make my own macaroni salad, and I don't typically drink pop.
I would add that milk used to be delivered in glass bottles that the milkman would reuse. Maybe we could do something like that again.
@Hobbes86 said: @Vision said: What would you put a gallon of milk in? A pound of ham? A pound of macaroni salad? 2 liters of cola? Your cookie package..... When this increases your cost for all those products to change the packaging will you be ok with it? I quoted Ian but all are welcome to comment. Just to be clear, I don't care if folks package their products in plastic bags. Just don't tell me I'm wrong for using plastic bags to carry my groceries while all these products are also packaged in plastic. As for alternative packaging methods, I think Edward and Chris pretty much covered the bases. We buy milk in cardboard cartons, I prefer my meat to be wrapped in paper from the butcher, I make my own macaroni salad, and I don't typically drink pop. I would add that milk used to be delivered in glass bottles that the milkman would reuse. Maybe we could do something like that again.
You can still get milk delivered in glass bottles in northern Illinois. Oberwise.
I'm not against any of the plastic containers or alternative packaging options. Only thing that bothers me are the places that charge for paper bags and literally put a tomato and a stick a butter in one and a bag of chips in another....
Bro......
I hope that's the original photo............
@Vision said: I'm not against any of the plastic containers or alternative packaging options. Only thing that bothers me are the places that charge for paper bags and literally put a tomato and a stick a butter in one and a bag of chips in another....
I don't have any places around here that charge for paper bags. Most stores in my area don't even offer them, which I don't understand. Paper bags are excellent for groceries and very useful around the house and shop.
@Hobbes86 said: @Vision said: I'm not against any of the plastic containers or alternative packaging options. Only thing that bothers me are the places that charge for paper bags and literally put a tomato and a stick a butter in one and a bag of chips in another.... I don't have any places around here that charge for paper bags. Most stores in my area don't even offer them, which I don't understand. Paper bags are excellent for groceries and very useful around the house and shop.
We ditched paper bags to save trees, IIRC
markets went along with the ban because plastic bags were less expensive (to buy). When some states and towns banned plastic the sales of said bags went up. $3.20/100 here:https://www.amazon.com/1000PACK-shopping-Reusable-Disposable-Supermarket/dp/B09QW6DWGT/ref=sr_1_8
I'm paying $90 for 200 paper bags to use for my food pantry.
I was using my own reusable bags before the COVID-19 pandemic shut that down.
