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EllieBC

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17. Just wash your reusable bags frequently.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 12:35 PM

Dec 2018

Especially the ones you use for meat. Hot water and bleach.

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Banned in Boston: Plastic bags at grocery stores [View all] brooklynite Dec 2018 OP

Took a few weeks to get used to in California, but it's a good ban Auggie Dec 2018 #1

Yes it is. Mr.Bill Dec 2018 #3

I have recycled the same bags in CA for a year. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #14

Olympia Washington did that years ago. If you want a paper bag you have to pay for it also. Doreen Dec 2018 #2

Not in my part of Washington violetpastille Dec 2018 #4

My berg combined composting with yard waste. Talk about cutting down on garbage! Auggie Dec 2018 #5

I have not gone to mesh bags yet as the plastic bags are perfect for cat litter. Doreen Dec 2018 #8

That's what I use them for, too. nt zanana1 Dec 2018 #31

With any luck, the proposed new legislation next month will make it statewide. SeattleVet Dec 2018 #11

Unlike red-state Idaho, which a few years ago yonder Dec 2018 #6

Excellent DownriverDem Dec 2018 #7

We have this ban in Seattle (though some places sell a multi-use plastic bag for 20 cents). LisaM Dec 2018 #9

At Aldie's you pay a quarter to get the cart WhiteTara Dec 2018 #10

I'm curious, for those who don't get plastic bags, what do you use for garbage? OnlinePoker Dec 2018 #12

I'm in California, I'm stuck buying Raine Dec 2018 #15

I use plastic shopping bags to line all my small garbage cans RhodeIslandOne Dec 2018 #16

I've been using 16 gallon drawstring trash bags for years, but just for kitchen waste... Rollo Dec 2018 #18

Not really Rollo Dec 2018 #23

the bags I use for garbage are much bigger than a grocery bag crazycatlady Dec 2018 #25

After the ban, I found many other type of bags to use. roody Dec 2018 #26

Use the paper ones now. alphafemale Dec 2018 #29

We don't get paper ones here...maybe once they ban the plastic, though. n/t OnlinePoker Dec 2018 #30

What Rollo said Retrograde Dec 2018 #34

This and the Senate saying no more support to SA for Yemen Lulu KC Dec 2018 #13

Just wash your reusable bags frequently. EllieBC Dec 2018 #17

Or just don't eat meat BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #19

I can't go a day without meat Polybius Dec 2018 #20

What do you mean? BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #21

I mean I'm not quitting meat Polybius Dec 2018 #32

Sorry to hear that. BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #33

Don't be Polybius Dec 2018 #35

Thanks for your suggestion. EllieBC Dec 2018 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author BeneathTheMire Dec 2018 #28

Welcome to DU, BeneathThe Mire. JudyM Dec 2018 #27

I don't really use reusable bags and hate plastic ones. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #24

RIP Demonaut Dec 2018 #36