No more plastic, no more brown paper bag
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
41 responses
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Feb 20
The bag thing is a scam for markets to be saved the expense of providing free bags and now turn a profit selling them.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
@JohnRoberts that is true but it is made from wood so they have to cut trees for the paper bag.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
But the brown bag is being discouraged now. Plastic is most convenient and most practical.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Feb 20
@Alexandoy Paper bags are biodegradable.
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@Aquitaine24 (11840)
• San Jose, California
17 Feb 20
I dislike the disposable bags anyway because they're too flimsy.I like the reusable ones.
@LadyDuck (472418)
• Switzerland
17 Feb 20
@Alexandoy No, they use a special paper to wrap fresh fish, as well as fresh meat you do not put that kind of food in a reusable bag.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
If you buy fresh fish, does it go directly to your bag?
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@much2say (56754)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Feb 20
Our meat comes packaged . . . and even at the counter, they will wrap it in plastic first - then butcher paper - which I then go get a thin plastic bag from the produce section to put it in. We are charged for our bags (not for the thin produce ones) if we do not bring our own in, but there still are plastic and paper bags here.
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@much2say (56754)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Feb 20
@Alexandoy We have come to rely on plastic, but it is not good for us nor the planet - we have become careless with the convenience.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
That is my point - plastic is for the convenience. We cannot live without plastic anymore.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
@much2say why is plastic not good for the planet? You may mean the careless disposal? Using and throwing are different things. Is it bad to use?
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
17 Feb 20
@Alexandoy Not silly at all. I do it quite often and to us fish is not something to be kept away. Yes it does smell but can't avoid it.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
The fish is the crux here because it is fishy in smell. I cannot put the fish in a cloth bag when I am riding in my car. That is silly.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
@msdivkar the issue is how to bring it home, where to put the fish when I would ride the car.
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@crossbones27 (49911)
• Mojave, California
17 Feb 20
But what I am going to cover my face with? I make bag jokes once again. Get it bag,nevermind. We use store bought bags that we can use. I still kind of think this is another money grab. I get it but they will find a way to exploit us out of our money.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
It maybe a way of exploiting the public. Politicians get mileage from the environmentalists or environment lover when they trash the use of plastic. They forget that plastic makes life convenient.
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@crossbones27 (49911)
• Mojave, California
17 Feb 20
@Alexandoy I always say if really want to fix problem use hemp bags but they never do. Until then. I know its BS
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
@crossbones27 the hemp bag is good because we have a hemp industry here.
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@florelway (23331)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
17 Feb 20
Why what's wrong with brown bag? Saving on trees?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
@florelway my take is that we shall be going back to plastic. I can't understand why they cannot fully explain why plastic is bad. The bad that I see is only in the improper disposal and not on the use.
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@florelway (23331)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
17 Feb 20
@Alexandoy time will come we will use bayong.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
17 Feb 20
when we were growing up, going to the wet market meant bringing 2 bayongs - one for the fruits and veggies, one for the fish and meat.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
18 Feb 20
@Alexandoy the wet market and grocery are just walking distance here and my purchases fit into 2 ecobags then i ride a tricycle home. it will be a challenge to those who buy in bulk.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
@hereandthere so you can buy fish and put it in your ecobag without plastic wrapping?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
That is true, I also grew up in that era. But the question is can we still do that now?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
So plastic is still in the works.
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@LeaPea2417 (37446)
• Toccoa, Georgia
17 Feb 20
I hope they don't get rid of plastic bags here.
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@jstory07 (141072)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Feb 20
@LeaPea2417 They got rid of them January 1, 2020 here.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
That is also my wish that plastic bags will not be banned here but it is already banned now. Those silly politicians have no brains.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50942)
• United States
17 Feb 20
Maybe bring your own zip lock bags.
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@rakski (128957)
• Philippines
17 Feb 20
@Alexandoy I hope they have some improvised bags for meat and fish.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
The anti-plastic campaign is impractical.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
@rakski it boils down to plastic.
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@JESSY3236 (20154)
• United States
19 Feb 20
that's sad. I reuse the plastic grocery bags as poop bags and liners for bathroom trash can.
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@dgobucks226 (35886)
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21 Feb 20
Yes, those plastic bags make great liners for cans. I will miss them when they are no longer available in stores.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
Some environmentalists here have a lot of influence. It is like they are so kind to environment that they want trees and they do not want plastic. But look at the pollution that they are producing with their vehicles, it is ironic.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
@JudyEv no to plastic, no to cutting of trees, no wood. Maybe let's just stop wearing clothes too, waheehee.
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@JudyEv (344021)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 20
@Alexandoy They are all for 'green' as long as it doesn't affect them too much.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
It is not the groceries but the fish and meat. Where do you put it, in the box?
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
18 Feb 20
We still have both plastic and paper bags over here at the moment but we have to pay for them. I don't buy new ones. I reuse those that I have previously bought. Maybe you can take a small plastic tub for fish or are those banned too?
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
18 Feb 20
@Alexandoy The only thing I have noticed they have banned here are the plastic straws. Now people have to use some thing papery type straws that tend to disintegrate when you suck on them.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
The plastic grocery bag is banned as per the ordinance in most cities. But the thin transparent plastic bag is still in use. Out of logic huh.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
@sprite1950 that banning is silly. Ban the plastic straw then later the paper straw would cost wood and trees so they would ban it again. Now some restaurants here have a signage that they are "straw-less" which is silly.
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@Marilynda1225 (83470)
• United States
17 Feb 20
I would assume the meat and fish would be individually wrapped before having to carry them in a bag
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
Yes, more likely wrapped in plastic.
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@andriaperry (117692)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 20
No I dont. we still have bags here
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
Do you mean you still have plastic grocery bags there?
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
17 Feb 20
@Alexandoy
I have plastic bags, and cloth bags.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
Like me, I also have both but I prefer to use the cloth bag because the groceries here have the fish and meat wrapped in plastic that makes it safe to carry.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
18 Feb 20
@Hannihar actually what was banned here was just the plastic grocery bag. The thin transparent plastic bag is still in use in the meat and fish sections.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
18 Feb 20
@Alexandoy
I pack my own groceries so use both. I got them before they started the law of charging.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
That is my take on the plastic. They say plastic is bad but we cannot help but to use it.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
17 Feb 20
@YrNemo if the plastic bags are disposed of properly then it wouldn't matter if they decay or not. The plastic can be recycled.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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17 Feb 20
@Alexandoy Those plastic things degrade by themselves after two years or less, I used some of them to store things and I had a fun time tidy up the mess. (I have learnt my lesson now 
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