What is your thought on Plastic Bags...?

Question

I seem to be trying to conserve the use the plastic bag. I noticed more and more people doing this? This would help a lot of folks. I here the medium size bag is at least 1 cent a piece. That adds up............

Answer 1

I've been buying inexpensive heavy duty bags to reuse, so I no longer have to have store bags. I think anything that isn't biodegradable or recyclable should never be used. Plastic bags cause too much damage, I think they need to be banned.

Answer 2

I would be happy to pay for a plastic bag that biodegrades.  The plastic bags now are a worry for me.  In the environment they have a big impact, especially in the sea in some places.

Answer 3

Must be recycled for garbage bags

Answer 4

I hate plastic bags.  They fly all over England!!!!!

I prefer to use a canvas bag.

if I do happen to recieve any plastic bags, then I save them and take them to the recycle center.

Pippa

Answer 5

Save your plastic bags and reuse them. Plastic is made from oil, in case you didn't know.

Answer 6

Why dont they keep plastic bags but just make them of a lesser quality (I noticed in America that their plastic bags seem half as thick as ours), or use brown paper bags like in the good old days or even make them out of a special environmentally friendly material?

Notice how the government haven't thought of this? Instead of thinking practically they always insist on just slapping tax on everything. Its the same with cars and petrol. They even tax us when we try and find alternative fuels for our cars such as vegetable oil.

I do think we need to do something about this problem, but I know in my house and in many other households, we reuse our plastic bags to line our bins and to carry things in such as muddy shoes etc...

Answer 7

I only used them if I have to. Not because I'm trying to save the planet, but I love seeing a Sainsbury's shop-assistant's face when I pack my groceries into a Tesco re-usable bag. The planet can, and will survive with or without us.

Answer 8

Plastic bags are really something our society should try to do away with.  They are given away with almost everything.  If I'm buying something small like a tube of toothpaste or a bottle of iced tea, I always tell them I don't need the bag.

The best thing to do is to purchase cloth bags and use them when you get groceries.  A lot of environmental groups are selling them as fundraisers, and more and more grocery stores are also selling them cheap.  They are way better than plastic bags and don't tear open when you're halfway out to your car.

Answer 9

I think their great.  They hold a bunch of stuff, and then they make great trash bags for holding yukky stuff that would leak through paper.

Answer 10

Hefty are better than Glad.

Answer 11

Should use hemp based plastic bags, there bio degradable, considerably stronger and cheaper to make...but since hemp is produced from a mis-understood plant, well its hard to get your hands on hemp based products.

Answer 12

They should be phased out and replaced with cardboard or paper bags that will degrade .

Answer 13

Re-use them and then recycle them.  Save the planet.

Answer 14

The plastic bags are very bad for the environment.In my country (Greece) we use only plastic bags.If I could stop it,I would do it.

Answer 15

Never thought about plastic bags since I work and have to sleep and everything.  I like plastic bags because they are very handy to put things in.

Answer 16

I try to recylce mine by re-using them to shop with. If they get too holey or old I take them back to the shop and put them in the recycle bins they have instore just for plastic bags.

Answer 17

Use less plastic is good. Buy a couple of reusable

non plastic type. Help the end result go green!!

Answer 18

problem is everything is made of plastic. So I re use mine plastic bags. I think supermarkets just cover everything in plastic.

In Israel (Eilat) they have no water to water the trees so they put the brightest bags on the branches. Therefore you have a tree that rustles in the wind and does so brightly. Everyone should insist on buying food where possible unwrapped.

Tyres, bags and anything plastic can be turned into road signs, surface for roads etc. But the sheer volume of it is staggering, just check around your house. I'm in a school and we are attempting to recycle but its very very hard cos not everyone is on board.

Answer 19

i think it is a good idea to conserve the plastic bag

less pollution yay

Answer 20

We carry bags in the car so we don't need the plastic bags. When I was a kid my mother would not go shopping without a shopping bag. There used to be a lady who stood in Shepherds Bush Market on a Saturday who sold "Strong shopping bags for two bob" who knows maybe she still does. When my daughter worked in Tesco's on a Saturday they used to charge for the bags which Lidls do today and there most people bring their own. I think that probably the best way is for the supermarkets to stop supplying the bags free and keep selling  the better quality bags that most of them do at the moment.

Answer 21

We use them time and time again until they are worn out, then we put them in the recycling sack.

Answer 22

It is Crazy! We've just became too comfortable.