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To: Mr. K

Yes, switched to plastic to save the trees. Montgomery County, MD requires stores to charge $0.05 per bag.
Some concern has been expressed of the reuse of bags in that harmful bacteria is retained and deposited on raw foods.


5 posted on 08/27/2012 5:53:11 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine's brother (Near term Obamacare 'Unit")
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To: Jimmy Valentine's brother
Yes, switched to plastic to save the trees. Montgomery County, MD requires stores to charge $0.05 per bag.

And that's for plastic or paper bags. Even restaurants have to charge for plastic bags, though they're exempted from the charge for paper bags.

When they proposed this, they were trying to sell it as a "fee", though I rightly pointed out it was an excise tax, not a fee, since the government wasn't providing any form of service. Of course, now that it's passed and implemented, they have no problem calling it a tax.

9 posted on 08/27/2012 5:57:38 AM PDT by kevkrom (Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine's brother
Yeah, I guess if they ban plastic bags then I'll have to stop using them for other things around the house. So that means I'll have to drive to the store in my Chevy 1500, explicitly buy plastic "trash" bags, and use those for trash, cleaning out the cat's litter box, etc. Yeah, that sounds like an environmental win...not!

As a former grocery store worker (ie. stock-boy, bagger, floor mopper, general do-whatever-needs-doin') I can say for hauling groceries I'd rather go back to paper. Plastics are a pain in the neck (or lower) to get open, rip easily, and their one-size-fits-all approach stinks. We used to carry 3 sizes of paper bags and they had a lot of uses too.

12 posted on 08/27/2012 6:01:42 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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