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RomneyLies

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7. I save my plastic bags

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:51 AM

Nov 2012

I use them for cleaning cat litter pans.

Of course, we still get too many even for that, so we save all plastic bags and drop them off at the grocery store plastic bag recycle bin.

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Suffocating The World... about those bags... [View all] G_j Nov 2012 OP

knr G_j Nov 2012 #1

k G_j Nov 2012 #2

Does it make a difference if you are using them as recycled garbage bags etc.? jwirr Nov 2012 #3

OK, that does it. randome Nov 2012 #4

thanks for your input G_j Nov 2012 #10

MD and DC have a .05 tax on bags... Xyzse Nov 2012 #5

Banning the bags takes all the thinking out of the issue. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #8

Which is why I think the 5 cent tax works pretty well Xyzse Nov 2012 #11

I re-use every one I get, and they get thrown away properly slackmaster Nov 2012 #6

I save my plastic bags RomneyLies Nov 2012 #7

I often find that I left my bags at home or in the car....and I end up buying at least DebJ Nov 2012 #9