Doug Brown wrote:
"squirltop" wrote in message
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Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
Although I live just outside Seattle, the bag tax issue caught my
attention.

For years, since plastic grocery bags became available, I've used them
(after hauling groceries home in them) as garbage can liners. They work
much better than paper grocery bags (if one must throw out something wet
and sloppy) and most of them are biodegradable (where the plastic trash
bags are not). As a result, I haven't bought plastic trash bags for
years. And that's not just me, but quite a few people I know do the
same.

So, I got thinking: If I had to pay a bag tax, and was eventually
persuaded to bring my own reusable grocery bags, I'd have to start
buying trash bags again. So, I got to wondering: Who stands to gain if
the public shifts from reusing grocery bags to buying trash can liners?

Where do companies like Glad stand on this issue?

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Paul Hovnanian
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I think it is a common fallacy that biodegradable plastic bags actually
degrade in a landfill. It is my understanding that the anerobic nature of
most modern landfills creates conditions where organics simply do not
biodegrade and the result is that the plastic bag, paper plates and
hamburger will still be there 1000's of years from now.



The archaeologists are gonna have a lot of fun with us. Some
have already started digging up 20th century landfills.

TDD