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Barbarella wrote:
I don't make a whole lot of trash, not even a bag a week, I use whatever bags i have laying around.

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ouch wrote:
The bags they have at aome grocery stores now rip if u put one milk carton in there, im like ok goodbye

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Pavlov wrote:

Barbarella wrote:
I don't make a whole lot of trash, not even a bag a week, I use whatever bags i have laying around.

but not plastic bags?

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Pavlov wrote:

ouch wrote:
The bags they have at aome grocery stores now rip if u put one milk carton in there, im like ok goodbye

true im probably gonna start using a tote bag i just need to find a solution for my trash

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Nesta wrote:
Depends on how your area is supporting different sorts of recycling\trash disposal.
Some have paper bags for food waste that gets picked up. Some areas don't at all (like mine) so it just goes into the general trash - that, we'll personally we reuse the grocery store bags for that, but it's also about just generally producing less trash to limit how many plastic bags or and well, plastic containers\packaging\items you need in total.

Paper doesn't need a plastic bag, plastic bags obvi. goes into plastic when you can't reuse it anymore b\c if you have zero plastic in your life you're extremely lucky to be able to do that. Bottles or metal\glass don't really need a plastic bag either. You can just reuse one you already own in whatever material for a lot of it. The moment you take the wet trash out of it, you don't have the same 'need' for plastic bags in that sense.

Like you can build a lifestyle around less plastic waste but it isn't like you just don't use a plastic bag if that's what your area is supporting. it's not choosing plastic in situations you normally would so you reduce, reusing what you already have and repurposing it as many times as possible.

Anyways, the issue (imo) is not really reusing plastic. It's new (over)production and burning instead of recycling it. Like it's here like it or not, the question is how we're going to address it as an issue we will have to live with for a long time ahead.

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ouch wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

ouch wrote:
The bags they have at aome grocery stores now rip if u put one milk carton in there, im like ok goodbye

true im probably gonna start using a tote bag i just need to find a solution for my trash

I woud need so many of those, cus sm groceries, n we need plastic bags for the trash yes, but fr what does it help to recycle n use less plastic in the bags if I have to use two bags to not get them ripped on me sometimes lmao

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BunnyButts wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

ouch wrote:
The bags they have at aome grocery stores now rip if u put one milk carton in there, im like ok goodbye

true im probably gonna start using a tote bag i just need to find a solution for my trash

I highly suggest tote bags for groceries I think theyre great

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Pavlov wrote:

Nesta wrote:
Depends on how your area is supporting different sorts of recycling\trash disposal.
Some have paper bags for food waste that gets picked up. Some areas don't at all (like mine) so it just goes into the general trash - that, we'll personally we reuse the grocery store bags for that, but it's also about just generally producing less trash to limit how many plastic bags or and well, plastic containers\packaging\items you need in total.

Paper doesn't need a plastic bag, plastic bags obvi. goes into plastic when you can't reuse it anymore b\c if you have zero plastic in your life you're extremely lucky to be able to do that. Bottles or metal\glass don't really need a plastic bag either. You can just reuse one you already own in whatever material for a lot of it. The moment you take the wet trash out of it, you don't have the same 'need' for plastic bags in that sense.

Like you can build a lifestyle around less plastic waste but it isn't like you just don't use a plastic bag if that's what your area is supporting. it's not choosing plastic in situations you normally would so you reduce, reusing what you already have and repurposing it as many times as possible.

Anyways, the issue (imo) is not really reusing plastic. It's new (over)production and burning instead of recycling it. Like it's here like it or not, the question is how we're going to address it as an issue we will have to live with for a long time ahead.

i learned in school that its better for the invironment to just burn plastic trash instead of recycle it because if the energy recycling requires

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Pavlov wrote:

BunnyButts wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

ouch wrote:
The bags they have at aome grocery stores now rip if u put one milk carton in there, im like ok goodbye

true im probably gonna start using a tote bag i just need to find a solution for my trash

I highly suggest tote bags for groceries I think theyre great

do u have any recommended tote bags im looking for a cute one

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Aarada wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

Nesta wrote:
Depends on how your area is supporting different sorts of recycling\trash disposal.
Some have paper bags for food waste that gets picked up. Some areas don't at all (like mine) so it just goes into the general trash - that, we'll personally we reuse the grocery store bags for that, but it's also about just generally producing less trash to limit how many plastic bags or and well, plastic containers\packaging\items you need in total.

Paper doesn't need a plastic bag, plastic bags obvi. goes into plastic when you can't reuse it anymore b\c if you have zero plastic in your life you're extremely lucky to be able to do that. Bottles or metal\glass don't really need a plastic bag either. You can just reuse one you already own in whatever material for a lot of it. The moment you take the wet trash out of it, you don't have the same 'need' for plastic bags in that sense.

Like you can build a lifestyle around less plastic waste but it isn't like you just don't use a plastic bag if that's what your area is supporting. it's not choosing plastic in situations you normally would so you reduce, reusing what you already have and repurposing it as many times as possible.

Anyways, the issue (imo) is not really reusing plastic. It's new (over)production and burning instead of recycling it. Like it's here like it or not, the question is how we're going to address it as an issue we will have to live with for a long time ahead.

i learned in school that its better for the invironment to just burn plastic trash instead of recycle it because if the energy recycling requires

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Rotte wrote:

BunnyButts wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

ouch wrote:
The bags they have at aome grocery stores now rip if u put one milk carton in there, im like ok goodbye

true im probably gonna start using a tote bag i just need to find a solution for my trash

I highly suggest tote bags for groceries I think theyre great

I suggest a backpack too, feels easier when u have lots of groceries! (x

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ouch wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

Nesta wrote:
Depends on how your area is supporting different sorts of recycling\trash disposal.
Some have paper bags for food waste that gets picked up. Some areas don't at all (like mine) so it just goes into the general trash - that, we'll personally we reuse the grocery store bags for that, but it's also about just generally producing less trash to limit how many plastic bags or and well, plastic containers\packaging\items you need in total.

Paper doesn't need a plastic bag, plastic bags obvi. goes into plastic when you can't reuse it anymore b\c if you have zero plastic in your life you're extremely lucky to be able to do that. Bottles or metal\glass don't really need a plastic bag either. You can just reuse one you already own in whatever material for a lot of it. The moment you take the wet trash out of it, you don't have the same 'need' for plastic bags in that sense.

Like you can build a lifestyle around less plastic waste but it isn't like you just don't use a plastic bag if that's what your area is supporting. it's not choosing plastic in situations you normally would so you reduce, reusing what you already have and repurposing it as many times as possible.

Anyways, the issue (imo) is not really reusing plastic. It's new (over)production and burning instead of recycling it. Like it's here like it or not, the question is how we're going to address it as an issue we will have to live with for a long time ahead.

i learned in school that its better for the invironment to just burn plastic trash instead of recycle it because if the energy recycling requires

Burning is used as a way to "recycle" tho, like for heating n stuff but idk what they generally do w plastic

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Pavlov wrote:

ouch wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

Nesta wrote:
Depends on how your area is supporting different sorts of recycling\trash disposal.
Some have paper bags for food waste that gets picked up. Some areas don't at all (like mine) so it just goes into the general trash - that, we'll personally we reuse the grocery store bags for that, but it's also about just generally producing less trash to limit how many plastic bags or and well, plastic containers\packaging\items you need in total.

Paper doesn't need a plastic bag, plastic bags obvi. goes into plastic when you can't reuse it anymore b\c if you have zero plastic in your life you're extremely lucky to be able to do that. Bottles or metal\glass don't really need a plastic bag either. You can just reuse one you already own in whatever material for a lot of it. The moment you take the wet trash out of it, you don't have the same 'need' for plastic bags in that sense.

Like you can build a lifestyle around less plastic waste but it isn't like you just don't use a plastic bag if that's what your area is supporting. it's not choosing plastic in situations you normally would so you reduce, reusing what you already have and repurposing it as many times as possible.

Anyways, the issue (imo) is not really reusing plastic. It's new (over)production and burning instead of recycling it. Like it's here like it or not, the question is how we're going to address it as an issue we will have to live with for a long time ahead.

i learned in school that its better for the invironment to just burn plastic trash instead of recycle it because if the energy recycling requires

Burning is used as a way to "recycle" tho, like for heating n stuff but idk what they generally do w plastic

yea ig recycling it back to energy, but i think generally when we are talking about recycling we mean into another thing

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Barbarella wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

Barbarella wrote:
I don't make a whole lot of trash, not even a bag a week, I use whatever bags i have laying around.

but not plastic bags?

I use plastic bags, I don’t usually buy them, I use what I’ve saved most of the time.
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BunnyButts wrote:

Pavlov wrote:

BunnyButts wrote:

Pavlov wrote:
true im probably gonna start using a tote bag i just need to find a solution for my trash

I highly suggest tote bags for groceries I think theyre great

do u have any recommended tote bags im looking for a cute one

hm no sorry but normally you can find some good ones at a thrift store