some thoughts on using the brown paper

Here in NYC they have not banned plastic bags but they are a sing people to use those canvas bags for groceries and other things. I think those bags are a good idea. But like you said, when it rains the contents get wet. They do have some bags where the inside is water proof. But they are also recycling plastic as well and making plastic bags out of recycled plastic. Which is also a good thing.

It is good for your province to implement the said usage of paper bags. Yes, there are some disadvantage especially when raining. It can be easily torn. This will give lesson to buyers to keep on having eco bags or other materials that can be used when shopping. this will help them edducate on how to save our environment even in a small way.

Ecobags are a great idea! I have several purchased from the store that were made from recycling plastic bottles. I love them, but they are difficult to wash so I plan to switch to canvas bags soon. They are more sturdy and have stronger seams, and they can easily be thrown into the washer.

Hi SimplyD The malls here too have stopped using the plastic bags because of some government ruling. But this is not yet 100% implemented and they still give out plastic bags on some purchases of veggies etc. If the other products are purchased, they expect you to have your own bags and in case you dont have, they sell you at much higher prices We still use plastic bags as the paper bags are not much in circulation and the ones which are arent strong enough to carry bigger volumes. So we have a couple of Plastic Carry bags which are larger in size and also stronger. It will take a while before the better paper ones are available here and we would migrate from plastic to paper

Hello, Simplyd! Starting Sept 1, all business establishments in this city requires a non-plastic bag shopping. I know how bad these plastics have contributed to our environment as what we have seen in the previous Monsoon Rains that we have experienced. I guess the best solution is the use of the eco bags since it is stronger than paper bags. Now when you go malling, you have to tag along these eco bags coz you have to pay 2 pesos for every plastic bag.

Here in my place I think the City goverment passed an ordinance to used brown paper instead of plastic bag, so even fast food restaurants needed to used brown paper now. I usually used ecobag when I go to grocery and market to avoid from using plastic bag and the same time if I used my ecobag I can earned double points from my loyalty card in the supermarket. Also ecobag is more durable that brown paper.

yes it is much better to have the ecobags I find. They are easy to carry and they save the planet.

it is too bad that stores are using brown paper bags because they are killing trees to make them. i use a canvas or other type of shopping bags (they are plastic coated but can be used for several years before they wear out.) here in Canada, in the city where i live, they charge 5 cents per bag and by using canvas or the other type of bag, you are saving money and saving trees.

It is very good thing.Nowadays plastic is becoming the cause for the environment pollution.Plastic is the major waste in the world now.Proper disposal of plastic is not possible though.So it is very important to control plastic.For that many other substitution are there.According to ease of use we can select the mode.

I am not against the ecobag system, but from where the brown papers came from. Here in metro cities, malls implemented every weekends that shoppers should bring their own ecobags or plastic bag. That is better I guess, so everyone knows how to re-use plastic bags. Eco bags are indeed good also but some eco bags are not durable :xxx

Hey there SIMPLYD, Well i think we should stick with the eco-bags since we already do have some because it is more durable than paper bags so that we can avoid over need for cutting trees and making too many paper bags that doesn't last long, eco-bags are the answer.

hello Simplyd, luckily i have never been in such situation before and your discussion served as an eye opener for me. i too will make it a point to include an Eco bag in my carrying whenever i go out for shopping. though i carry it most of the time but i never gave a thought that without carrying it, i could get trapped in such inconvenient situation. thank you dear

This is the reason why I love eco bags. Although they can be costly at times, it is way better than the brown paper bag especially when it is raining.

I honor your province for implementing such a wonderful idea in order to conserve and help our environment. Maybe providing an ecobag to each person there for free would be another great step in order to expand furthermore that campaign for saving our environment.

Hi SimplyD! This is sooooooo nice. Where is your location?

Here in india, they have banned use of the so called plastic bags too because the cause clogging of drains, cattle eat them and die too, only biodegradable plastic bags are allowed; but it is not observed strictly, by habit we don't carry cloth bags as we used to do while going for marketing, so one can still buy things in plastic bags.. thanks for information

Well ecobags is really helpful in so many ways. Here in our place, using brown paper are implemented in most establishment.We it is eco-friendly indee but still some disadvantages like when buying a bit heavy stuffs that may cause of breaking the paper or sometimes buying wet or moist stuff that could also break the paper.Ecobags are still better.