Comment on Need a tiebreaker

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• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m convinced that “Big Trash Bag” has been lobbying for these kinds of laws lol

  I’m sure they do a little for the climate, but does nothing to tackle the actual big polluters (i.e. big corporations)

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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Really gotta wonder how America hasn’t invented a corn-based, low-cost, durable polymer that breaks down in typical landfills.

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    • badbrainstorm@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m sure it has been. Just like a million other world changing inventions that have been captured/killed by the powers that be

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      • lud@lemm.ee ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Or just killed by reality. Just because it has been (hypothetically) invented doesn’t mean that it’s easy or even possible to manufacture at a large scale and/or at a reasonable price.

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    • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Nothing is stopping you from doing it

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• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Seems like they need to make a wastebasket that fits the paper sacks?

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  • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Something like this would probably work well:

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  • KingJalopy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m in California and they did the same thing but we still get plastic bags. They’re reusable and $0.10 each.

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    • badbrainstorm@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Our bill passed last October or something that will ban all plastic bags in California, including recycled bags, making it paper only for no more than $0.10. Takes effect January 1st

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      • KingJalopy@lemm.ee ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Damn I haven’t heard about that yet. I think that’s good news though, honestly we don’t need these plastic bags. Even at $0.10 each I have a cabinet full of them. I use them as often as I remember to but I def have more than necessary. I already pay the same for plastic bottles, cans, etc… although I get my money back on those when I recycle, as you know. Paper bags just seem easy more sustainable.

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    • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I noticed that Walmart has started using the cheap shitty ones again. Haven’t looked to see if they claim to be reusable but they’re hardly durable enough for the first go.

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      • KingJalopy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I haven’t been to Walmart in so long I can’t actually recall. I know my local Bodega has shitty bags that they also charge for…

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• Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My stare does it too, but there’s still plenty of other things that come in paper or plastic bags that I use for garbage i.e. takeout, etc that I’ve still got the same box of trash bags I bought like 8 years ago. Very rarely to I use an actual trash bag.

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