http://www.kevindhendricks.com/2007/12/18/africa-bans-plastic-bags/ Writer, editor, web geek. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.kevindhendricks.com/2007/12/18/africa-bans-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-2098 jaime Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:37:49 +0000 http://kevindhendricks.com/2007/12/18/africa-bans-plastic-bags/#comment-2098 Dave will back me up on this: I HATE plastic bags. I hate when you go to Walmart, buy four smallish things and end up with four plastic bags -- five if one of the things you bought was a card. It's crazy. I am very heartened to see a lot of grocery stores selling canvas bags. Dave will back me up on this: I HATE plastic bags. I hate when you go to Walmart, buy four smallish things and end up with four plastic bags — five if one of the things you bought was a card. It’s crazy. I am very heartened to see a lot of grocery stores selling canvas bags.

]]> http://www.kevindhendricks.com/2007/12/18/africa-bans-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 iveand Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:29:26 +0000 http://kevindhendricks.com/2007/12/18/africa-bans-plastic-bags/#comment-2097 Of particular problem as I understand is that the plastic used for most of the bags is a lot thinner than your average Target bag. They fall apart very quickly and aren't really "re-usable". So they literally are no-biodegradable waste that really piles up. I have read of vast amounts of countryside strewn and littered with mounds and mounds of plastic bag waste (I may be exaggerating, but maybe not?) Of particular problem as I understand is that the plastic used for most of the bags is a lot thinner than your average Target bag. They fall apart very quickly and aren’t really “re-usable”. So they literally are no-biodegradable waste that really piles up. I have read of vast amounts of countryside strewn and littered with mounds and mounds of plastic bag waste (I may be exaggerating, but maybe not?)

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