Where does plastic come from?

[donnashuggy]

Any ideas?

[lakeland27]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
Plastic bags are banned in S.A. Well almost.10cent deposit on bottles etc.They've always been ahead of the game over there.

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What do they put their rubbish in before it goes into the bin?  

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plastic shopping bags. are banned, bin liners are still available.

[polksaladallie]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
Plastic bags are banned in S.A. Well almost.10cent deposit on bottles etc.They've always been ahead of the game over there.

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What do they put their rubbish in before it goes into the bin?  

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plastic shopping bags. are banned, bin liners are still available.

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QED.  Made of plastic, and which are paid for, and profits the same manufacturers and supermarket owners.

[chuk_77]

you can buy plastic bags in SA for 10 cents sometimes 15cents

Im now over run with plastic bags again as even after all this time, i still forget to take my green bags with me

[lakeland27]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
Plastic bags are banned in S.A. Well almost.10cent deposit on bottles etc.They've always been ahead of the game over there.

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What do they put their rubbish in before it goes into the bin?  

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plastic shopping bags. are banned, bin liners are still available.

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QED.  Made of plastic, and which are paid for, and profits the same manufacturers and supermarket owners.

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thats right. more needs doing, but look at the conservative luddites who post here.. how hard is that going to be

[polksaladallie]

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@chuk_77 wrote:

you can buy plastic bags in SA for 10 cents sometimes 15cents

Im now over run with plastic bags again as even after all this time, i still forget to take my green bags with me

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We all pay for plastic bags, whether we use them or not.  Some people think they are free.  

[cherry*135]

You can buy biodegradable bin liners. I use them. Any plastic supermarket bags I bring home I take back there and put in the recycling bin the supermarket supplies.

Stopping plastic bags ending up in landfill is
the point not who profits from them.

[spotweldersfriend]

Do they still put groceries in large paper bags at the supermarkets over there,jimmy?

[chuk_77]

who thinks plastic bags are free? I think it sux that when i buy more groceries than what fits in my green bags that I have to pay extra for a bag. People coming from interstate get caught out all the time too. Its a pain having to remember to bring your green bags everywhere

[polksaladallie]

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@am*3 wrote:
You can buy biodegradable bin liners. I use them. Any plastic supermarket bags I bring home I take back there and put in the recycling bin the supermarket supplies.

Stopping plastic bags ending up in landfill is
the point not who profits from them.

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Taking them back to the store doesn't make them disintegrate.   They are still dumped.  The all-powerful people who profit make the pollution rules.   

[darksideofthemoon]

It wasn't reallyy difficult back then polksa, because we didn't know about plastic and so paper bags were used to carrying the shopping, newspaper wrapped the garbage.  Shops wrapped meat in white paper.. and so on...

All paper was collected by various companies.. We used to be supplied with a very large hessian bag to drop the used paper into

I'm just glad they have never made plastic toilet paper  

But it would be very hard to go back to those days if you have never lived without plastic.