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stopbush

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26. Yep. I'm surprised at this bandwagon.

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 10:31 PM

Dec 2016

First off, most landfills today have a poly liner to keep toxins from leeching into the soil. That would include plastic bags.

Second, when it comes to volume, paper bags are a much bigger problem, literally. I read that it takes seven trucks of paper bags to equal one truck's- worth of plastic bags.

We need to ban paper bags if we're banning anything. Best solution is reusable bags, like we do here in CA.

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Yes, this is real: Michigan just banned banning plastic bags [View all] DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

Every state should ban plastic bags. cwydro Dec 2016 #1

Every state should do what, ban the banning of plastic bags? DonViejo Dec 2016 #5

Lol, I see I read too fast. cwydro Dec 2016 #11

Some days you start to feel fuck it all, it's hopeless, you can't soar like an eagle when flying RKP5637 Dec 2016 #2

Lunatics. LisaM Dec 2016 #3

Retailers can just stop using them if they like. roamer65 Dec 2016 #15

I ride the bus a lot, so I do need bags. LisaM Dec 2016 #18

Same here. I live in San Francisco. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #27

I'd rather have the "nanny state" DBoon Dec 2016 #29

they can get into the Flint river,so what's the problem? Motley13 Dec 2016 #4

There is very little material in a plastic bag. It takes about 200 to weigh a kilogram. FarCenter Dec 2016 #6

And I use them in my trash cans Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #16

Yep. I'm surprised at this bandwagon. stopbush Dec 2016 #26

It doesn't 'sequester' carbon; it encourages oil drilling to provide the carbon muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #30

How long before they repeal the 10 cent deposit return? Freethinker65 Dec 2016 #7

That won't happen. roamer65 Dec 2016 #14

What do you expect? It's Michigan. People need the bags to carry their bottled water. Vinca Dec 2016 #8

That made me laugh... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #13

yeah, small government... right. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #9

they only like small government when it comes to corps Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #12

a good use for hemp Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #10

Michigan Governor smothered by mountain of polymer..... LunaSea Dec 2016 #17

Nevermind That.... Me. Dec 2016 #19

They tried to undo it in CA by making us vote for it marlakay Dec 2016 #20

Welcome to Republican Hell MrScorpio Dec 2016 #21

The Arizona Legislature did the same thing QED Dec 2016 #22

So can they still ban them in Tempe? I imagine Tucson Cha Dec 2016 #33

I don't think so. QED Dec 2016 #34

That's total nonsense. Otherwise, every bill ever would have a ban on banning it. Oneironaut Dec 2016 #23

And so it begins... LAS14 Dec 2016 #24

So, when... JSup Dec 2016 #25

The cities that want to ban the bags should collect and deliver them to the governor csziggy Dec 2016 #28

What next? Ban the banning of lead in tap water? n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #31

We banned them for real in Hawaii.. we care about our environment and Cha Dec 2016 #32