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New Yorkers rankled on first day of statewide plastic-bag ban
NY Post ^ | Kevin Sheehan, C.J. Sullivan and Jorge Fitz-GibbonMarch 1, 2020 | 2:05pm

Posted on 03/01/2020 1:49:03 PM PST by conservative98

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To: conservative98

Good news for some New Yorkers. Roaches love the glue in paper bags. So pest control companies will soon see more income coming their way.


21 posted on 03/01/2020 2:07:27 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: conservative98

I stopped at the Dalles Ore Fred Meyer this morning....I had no clue they had the bag ban on.....the self checkout asked me if I was going to use my own bags, buy bags or no bags....well all my stuff was already in the bags, so naturally I checked “no bags”....saved myself about $0.25...ha ha....


22 posted on 03/01/2020 2:09:57 PM PST by cherry
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To: xp38

I don’t think so; here in neighboring NJ where a ban is widely anticipated, I had my purchases bagged in a sturdy plastic bag clearly labeled “re-usable”, and says it is good for 125 uses...

Happy to see big business figured a way around this nonsense.


23 posted on 03/01/2020 2:12:35 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: conservative98

We keep large cardboard boxes in our cars to avoid the 10 cent per bag charge California mandated at checkout. Both cars are Volvo wagons, so we just leave the rear seats down, and load up one of the cars once a week into the boxes to avoid the aggravation.


24 posted on 03/01/2020 2:13:00 PM PST by rockinqsranch ("Democratic" party sold out to the ICP. It is now the Communist Party USA.)
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To: conservative98

Single use bags? I use mine to clean the cat box. I do use reusable bags though. No biggie.


25 posted on 03/01/2020 2:13:50 PM PST by Mercat
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To: cherry

The option to pay a fee for the bags here in NJ (being worked out, but not finalized yet) was dismissed because the lawmakers publicly said it defeated the purpose of saving the Earth. I suspect privately, libs said ethnic minorities and women would be most impacted...


26 posted on 03/01/2020 2:14:42 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Trump20162020

The problem is, when they get to the point they can no longer stand living in their liberal “utopia’s” they relocate to more conservative states and being libs, they continue to vote for the exact same people and policies they just escaped from.
This is why Florida is purple. New Hampshire is purple, etc...We have several new neighbors in our suburban Tampa neighborhood from NY and NJ, just arrived about 6 months ago and they have Biden and Bernie for president signs in their front lawns. Their wives have #Resist stickers on the rear windows of their CUV’s.


27 posted on 03/01/2020 2:15:10 PM PST by ocrp1982 (ll)
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To: conservative98

Republicans used to control the majority in the new york state senate. As a result, they were able to prevent much of the democrats extremist schemes. But as of 2018, democrats captured the majority. As a consequence, theyre going to town implementing their leftist agenda to their hearts desire.

New york will soon be competing with california in a race to the bottom


28 posted on 03/01/2020 2:17:38 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: conservative98

While visiting my mom in CA I learned all about the bag rules. First of all, when you go shopping there’s the extra step of getting the reusable bags out of the trunk/back. Better take them all in since you can’t be sure of how many you’ll need. They do get a bit nasty after several reuses, but, saving the environment is worth it, right?

In CA, they still let you get the thin bags in the produce section, and they don’t seem to stop you if you use them for some of your groceries. And you can buy a large reusable plastic bag at the checkout for a slight fee. These larger, heavier bags will, of course, never find their way into a landfill because...

Coming back home it was great to have my groceries bagged in brand-new unused bags that I can repurpose for dog leavings, etc.


29 posted on 03/01/2020 2:20:32 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: conservative98

It’s Cuomo’s NY!


30 posted on 03/01/2020 2:22:33 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: null and void

Yep. With flies buzzing in and out our eyes and ears. I hate liberals.


31 posted on 03/01/2020 2:23:01 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: hanamizu

Don’t forget the part where checkout takes twice as long while the checker tries to figure out how to arrange your 2 1/2 bags of groceries into two bags because you refuse to buy any more.


32 posted on 03/01/2020 2:24:38 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: conservative98

They’d better wash the reusable bags. They spread bugs (and viruses) around.


33 posted on 03/01/2020 2:25:10 PM PST by rfp1234
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To: conservative98

34 posted on 03/01/2020 2:27:03 PM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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To: conservative98

Stupid law foisted on us by a colossally stupid governor for his own interests.
Reusable bags will lead to food poisoning.
First they wanted to safe the trees by making us use plastic bags, now they charge for paper bags that used to be free.


35 posted on 03/01/2020 2:28:00 PM PST by BuffaloJack ("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
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To: rfp1234

Just my thought. Bet we never see stats on coronavirus spread by reusable bags.


36 posted on 03/01/2020 2:28:50 PM PST by organicchemist (Without the second amendment, the first amendment is just talk)
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To: conservative98

I would use instacart grocery delivery and let them worry about it.


37 posted on 03/01/2020 2:30:23 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: conservative98

Hey! Y’all got what ua voted for!!
Don’t come cryin’ to me!


38 posted on 03/01/2020 2:32:57 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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Ano engineered virus would do the trick.


39 posted on 03/01/2020 2:33:47 PM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: conservative98

Remember when liberals told us we had
to use plastic bags because we were
killing the forests by using paper?
I do.


40 posted on 03/01/2020 2:37:40 PM PST by DeplorableGirl
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