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Editorial: Plastic bag ban hurts many
The Boston Herald ^ | 04-07-2018 | Herald Staff

Posted on 04/07/2018 4:13:46 AM PDT by calvincaspian

In recent weeks, more towns have joined the more than 60 Massachusetts communities that have municipal taxes or bans on single-use plastic shopping bags. On Beacon Hill, a plastic bag ban bill is slowly working its way through the legislative process.

Advocates of the bans point to multitudes of the discarded bags strewn about on city streets, in trees, storm drains and in the oceans, where they threaten fish and birds. They talk about the bags being made from dirty crude oil.

Progressive elected officials in cities and towns will always vote for laws and ordinances that provide the euphoric fix a symbolic, green gesture will provide. We see the same true believers in grocery stores beaming with self-satisfaction when handing their cloth bags over to the cashier.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; climatechange; plasticbags; progressives; recycling
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To: calvincaspian

I have seen shoppers bring cloth bags for their groceries that are down right gross. Raw meat juices especially from poultry inevitably leak into the bag and unless washed after every use could easily contaminate other food. Some of the reusable bags being sold in stores also would not stand up to washing. Old fashioned brown paper bags can be recycled, but the energy cost to make and recycle them is high.


61 posted on 04/07/2018 10:38:33 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Wonder Warthog

“Chlorine is indeed THE best sanitizing agent, especially for drinking water...but it is FAR from being natural”

My bad... sort of:

[Search results] “Chlorine is in group 17 of periodic table, also called the halogens, and is not found as the element in nature - only as a compound. The most common of these being salt, or sodium chloride, and the potassium compounds sylvite (or potassium chloride) and carnallite (potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate).”

I was thinking element.


62 posted on 04/07/2018 10:53:36 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancakes, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: Clutch Martin
"I was thinking element."

And you were right...."elemental" chlorine IS a great sanitizing agent. It's just that the elemental form doesn't exist in nature (other than in volcanic gases). And as a chemist I tend to be a bit anal about chemical fine points.

63 posted on 04/07/2018 11:05:37 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: ealgeone

“You mean the Lefties bathe??”

Some do... but there is always patchouli oil for those especially stinky days.


64 posted on 04/07/2018 11:33:14 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancakes, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: jonrick46

Natural gas is an offshoot of OIL....simply a gaseous hydrocarbon...


65 posted on 04/07/2018 2:39:42 PM PDT by mythenjoseph
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To: calvincaspian

In Cal the ban was sold on a lie. The bags were called “single use.” i sued most bags 3-4 times and some more.

Now would pay 10 cents and get thicker bag which is less biodegradable. A TAX fee on food shoppers


66 posted on 04/07/2018 2:50:43 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: Kiss7

The Suffolk County nickel stays with the store. The county medicated that the tax be charged for the bag, but there’s no proviso with what to do with the money. So it just goes into the store’s bank account.

YAY Government!


67 posted on 04/07/2018 3:27:08 PM PDT by CraigEsq
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To: calvincaspian

The shopping bags were replaced by paper which has handles that break off. Many complaints later and the paper bags are back but much thicker. The stores charge .10 cents each and kick back some to the democrat party.


68 posted on 04/07/2018 7:10:41 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

and the plastic bags are back but much thicker.....


69 posted on 04/07/2018 7:22:45 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: abclily

Leftists contradict themselves so constantly, they are not worth listening to at all.


70 posted on 04/07/2018 7:49:24 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: calvincaspian

See signs about massive fines for littering but have never seen or even heard of anyone getting a ticket for littering.

As for me, I use plastic bags to pack lunch, dispose of dog poop, and keep one handy in the car for trash.


71 posted on 04/08/2018 5:36:41 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: CraigEsq

No way.......that’s unbelievable.


72 posted on 04/08/2018 5:41:59 PM PDT by Kiss7
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