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meadowlander

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4. The virus lives on plastic a lot longer than things like cloth and paper.

Reply to Blueplanet (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:24 PM

Mar 2020

Unless the person is shopping every single day, it's extremely unlikely that they are spreading the virus through reusable grocery bags.

Even if they were a problem, single use paper bags would still be better than plastic.

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Lift the Ban on Plastic Bags [View all] Blueplanet Mar 2020 OP

My city has banned the plastic grocery bags leftieNanner Mar 2020 #1

Oh my! Blueplanet Mar 2020 #5

Reusable hands? Cartoonist Mar 2020 #9

Can't use reusable bags here. It's like the old days, they're back to supplying free paper bags. n/t thesquanderer Mar 2020 #13

Good to hear Blueplanet Mar 2020 #16

How about paper? nt delisen Mar 2020 #2

That just happened to me at Safeway ... put my bag on the conveyor like I always do ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #3

The virus lives on plastic a lot longer than things like cloth and paper. meadowlander Mar 2020 #4

We should be bagging our own groceries. uppityperson Mar 2020 #6

Bagging our own groceries Blueplanet Mar 2020 #10

I usually bag my own anyway frazzled Mar 2020 #15

Yes Blueplanet Mar 2020 #19

COVID virus can survive on plastic for SEVEN DAYS. We toss them away and wipe ourselves all secondwind Mar 2020 #7

Understood Blueplanet Mar 2020 #11

My supermarket used to be a plastic bag collection center, not they refuse to accept them back. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #8

NYS has already pushed back the compliance date on our one-use bag ban until some time in June... Princess Turandot Mar 2020 #12

Thank you Princess Turandot!! Blueplanet Mar 2020 #14

Our grocery stores do not allow recycle bags SharonClark Mar 2020 #17

Oh my! Blueplanet Mar 2020 #18