Plastic bag tax.

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Damn !

And you americans dare calling us europeans liberals ?!

Isn't it illegal not to smoke in France? I have no idea but when a White person smokes in California we assume he's European. Unless it's us with weed and we're totally holdin'.

 

[bobjustbob]

In NJ it is illegal to have an open container of alcohol in public. However, on NJ transit trains you can drink all you want.

 

[BlkHawk]

There is a town in Iowa where it is illegal to stand on a street corner, and drink beer out of a bucket. I want to know what happened to inspire that law.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

There is a town in Iowa where it is illegal to stand on a street corner, and drink beer out of a bucket. I want to know what happened to inspire that law.

Maybe get busted for drinking out of a bucket but no law against drinking it out of a bathtub. That's more funner anyhow.

 

[BlkHawk]

Did you read down the article that plastic cutlery was next? I can see converting plates and bowls and cups to paper but how am I supposed to eat from it? Also:

"In 2012 Haiti outlawed all plastic bags and packaging in a bid to protect its coastal mangrove swamps. Bangladesh also banned plastic bags, which were blamed for blocking sewage systems and exacerbating extreme flooding events."

2 of the most impoverished lands on Earth and their solution is plastic bag control.

Funny at first read, but thinking about it (really slow day today) since Bangladesh has so many people in such a small area, and a large part of it is prone to major flooding; that may actually be an issue there. Especially if sanitation isn't very good, that could be a crap ton of plastic plugging storm drains.

If they ban them here, I have no idea how I would empty the litter box, plus I would have to start buying plastic trash bags to line the waste baskets.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Does the government plan on putting Hefty and Glad outta business next? We can carry our garbage to the street one banana peel and egg shell at a time. I'll be carrying cat turds with BBQ tongs.

 

[bobjustbob]

They're at again. This time it's not a tax because the money goes to the retailer and not the city. Great, Shoprite needs this additional revenue. The fee is for every size bag paper or plastic. How is the city going to monitor this? Bag police? Plus the city will be distributing reusable bags to low income families but if you purchase with food stamps you don't have to pay the fee. The bill also commissions that reports be filed by each district detailing bag litter in streets, parks, storm drains, etc. How does the Ministry of Bags pay for these programs and oversight?

They also say that 5.2 billion bags are used in the city each year. 625 per person. Where did they get these numbers from? Are you telling me that a family of 4 handles 50 bags per week? Convenience stores must charge for the bag but restaurants do not. So if I buy sausage muffin and coffee at 7-11 they will charge me for the bag but McDonalds won't.

On a side note, the city also wants to issue citations to people talking and texting while riding bicycles.

 

[Mayhem]

They also say that 5.2 billion bags are used in the city each year. 625 per person. Where did they get these numbers from? Are you telling me that a family of 4 handles 50 bags per week? Convenience stores must charge for the bag but restaurants do not. So if I buy sausage muffin and coffee at 7-11 they will charge me for the bag but McDonalds won't.

I gotta say, when I'm at the supermarket, I have to specifically tell them to put more stuff into each bag. And they often look at me like I have two heads. And I've been told more than a few times that other shoppers get snippy if they don't get their groceries spread out over more bags. That number may not be wholly accurate, but it's probably not that far from the truth. And now that I think about it, family of four, small bags and regular size, 7 days....yep, I'll go along with that number.

 

[Will E Worm]

Plastic bag tax.

They outlawed regular plastic bags in Los Angeles. You can now pay 16 cents and get a super thick plastic bag that is way worse for the environment than the old ones. They call it a reusable bag but all bags are reusable if you use them again. This was never about the environment. I toss them just like the old bags before they clutter the house and I imagine many others do as well. 20th Century Fox slapped Gotham/Sleepy Hollow ads on bags that were given out for free.

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They are stupid.

I have no idea about where you live but here many times our politicians do things to try to look busy pretending to defend the will of the people. You can only lie so much without the villagers bringing their pitchforks and torches after you. That part might be international human nature.

It's time to do this now.

 

[Johan]

Too many people are unable to recycle their plastic bags or even ot put them into the thrash can, they just leave them when they doj't need hem anymore. Since it's impossible to fined these people, the best option is to tax plastic bags, make them expensive to the point people will not leave 'em, would rather use as much as they can.
People who make the necessary for these plastic bags to be recycled should also be rewarded, be given a new plastic bag, for free, for each plastic bag they recycle.

Isn't it illegal not to smoke in France? I have no idea but when a White person smokes in California we assume he's European. Unless it's us with weed and we're totally holdin'.

It's illegal to smoke in public places (restaurants, museums, theaters, etc.) and in the workplace but it is not illegal to smoke in the street, in your house, in your car, etc...

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

It's illegal to smoke in public places (restaurants, museums, theaters, etc.) and in the workplace but it is not illegal to smoke in the street, in your house, in your car, etc...

Where are the government designated areas in the France where people are forced to smoke? I live in California. We're not much for tobacco but we still like to smoke.

 

[hawk2005]

Where I live I've had to bring my own bags shopping for a while now, sometimes I forget