guess you didn't know, there is no more crime in toronto that is why they are working on small stuff. just tying up loose ends.
GTA puts a ban on plastic bags by 2013.
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Agreed but back in the old days (1970's) paper bags were the rule, we also brought our own Simpson's shopping bags.
To the point:
they are frickin shopping bags, when will are elected pea brains do something anything on the bigger picture?
A much better idea would be to implement a law that says all shopping bags sold must be biodegradable. Even if it costs 25 cents extra per bag, thats a price I'm willing to pay for a cleaner environment.
See here: http://www.biobag.ca/products.html
See here: http://www.biobag.ca/products.html
I wonder if this will include, garbage bags of all varieties? This could be a problem then if it is so.
Frankly speaking, I'm stunned.
Actually I think it is a good idea. Eventually everyone will adapt, bring your own bags to shop, or buy a paper bag from the store.
The part I don't like is now we have to go find some plastic bag somewhere for our kitchen garbage can. But, we'll think of something.
I think there will be a backlash to this. The people of Toronto, aren't really ready for something this radical. When you spend your whole life in Toronto, and suddenly there are no plastic bags or they are harder to find, it going to be a shock to the system.
City Council is quite radical, at least half of them.
Actually I think it is a good idea. Eventually everyone will adapt, bring your own bags to shop, or buy a paper bag from the store.
The part I don't like is now we have to go find some plastic bag somewhere for our kitchen garbage can. But, we'll think of something.
I think there will be a backlash to this. The people of Toronto, aren't really ready for something this radical. When you spend your whole life in Toronto, and suddenly there are no plastic bags or they are harder to find, it going to be a shock to the system.
City Council is quite radical, at least half of them.
Someone else already thought of something.
http://www.glad.ca/products/indoor-bags/easy-tie-regular-kitchen-catchers
Does this include garbage bags ? I find plastic botttles more of a nuisance. They are strewn all over the places with people throwing them out of car windows and in parks people too lazy to put them into wast containers.
Its nice to see Ford's staunches allies realize how inneffectual he is and move forward with proper policy that will help the city instead of listening to him verbally jerk himself off on the radio about how awesome he is. I wonder how popular this decision will make Ford with his big business supporters?
Go Ford Go (home, please)!
Go Ford Go (home, please)!
Plastic bags, the scourge of the city. Glad to see this current mayor/council are dealing with the real issues that plague this city and will make it a better city for all and in perpetuity. 
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags.
But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana . In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags.
But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana . In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
Priced out, that box of garbage bags averages way less per bag than 5¢ each. And they can be made bio-degradable, since they only need to line your bin, not carry weighty potatoes and milk all the way home.
Besides, have you never heard of using paper bags for trash? Your parents did.
Nice find Despo. It's always easiest to blame the older generation for what ails us today.
That is going to take some getting used to... I never remember my re-usable bags. I guess it's a good idea though, I would remember to bring them if I had no way to bring back my purchases. lol
