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Tontonan...a BIJAN bag has been known to cost US$ 1.22 mill.

Do yourself a favour...do it in style

Undercover filming reveals Scotland's growing 'bag' problem.

Carioca wrote: I'm giving up all plastic too, "I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my Own".

COLES just gave me 4 of their Plastic substitutes.    VERY GOOD. So much easier than lugging those finger cutters by the dozen .
As usual they attack the wrong Plastic to ban.
Condoms cost more lives than any other form of the stuff.

The Check out lady said it was forced on them by Government ----   That's news to me .        We might be hanging an innocent man.

Passing Through wrote: Dr E wrote: It's simple enough maths SC, so I guess that the shrieking tree-huggers are never expected to "get it" ... the cost both financially and to the environment will simply be higher under the free bag ban, and the corporates will add $$$ millions to their bottom line ... it is what it is. Pigovian tax.

I'm giving up all plastic too, "I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my Own".

It's simple enough maths SC, so I guess that the shrieking tree-huggers are never expected to "get it" ... the cost both financially and to the environment will simply be higher under the free bag ban, and the corporates will add $$$ millions to their bottom line ... it is what it is.

When you dont want to pay 15c for a recyclable plastic bag.

Just had another good walk around Woollies. Absolutely plastic everywhere - rows & rows of it across all categories - most of it rigid which is a nightmare to degrade. Meanwhile, back at the checkout absolute bunfight customers pulling out bags of all size & description trying to save buying bags - of which there are 3 types - 15c plastic, 99c plastic & woollies branded hessian green bags for $4. So its a win, win, win, win for Woollies as I see it - save on the cost of free bags, make a decent quid out of flogging bags at the counter, sell more packs of bags (eg small glad type) to customers to replace the old carry bags for home use, & finally make themselves out to be environmental warriors to boot. Deary me - suckers for punishment !

And in the meantime the State Government of Vic is going to legislate so no shop can give away free plastic bags. Supermarkets are given a pass and can still pack all their meat, fruit, veg and other unhealthy rubbish in plastic of course. 

Dr E wrote: ***ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE AVERTED*** Great news folks! Was at K-Mart with the cheese and kisses tonight (she needed slippers) ... lo and behold, at their self serve check out, they have FREE PLASTIC BAGS!!! Talk about a bargain, we got a pair of slippers AND about 6 months worth of garbage, and dog poo, and every other purpose bags ... all for less than $10.00!!! Now that's what I call WINNING BIGLY!!!

Did the same today at coles. Took a massive pile of bags as I was packing in my lunch. Got so many extra plastic bags that I needed another plastic bag to carry them in.

***ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE AVERTED***

LOL. I wouldn't call myself a greenie - I'd never vote for that lot. I just like good quality fresh food rather than packaged muck. It's in the genes. My dad's mother was a great home cook. I miss her food a lot. My mum's father even made his own booze. That I don't miss ( fruit based brandy ).

We had 2 orange trees here when we first bought.  Not real good for eating, but juicing or marmalade,,excellent.  OMG the cockies massacered them as soon as they started to turn orange.  Just pulled them off and opened them, took the seeds and chucked the rest of the fruit on the ground.  they are destructive birds, those fellas.