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LAist Rants are strictly the opinions of the author in question. Uncanny as it is, they are written in first person! We keep them on Sundays because even the hive mind needs a rest.
I didn't know. Maybe you did. Like Whole Foods, Ralphs gives you a dime discount when you bring your own bags.
So anyway, how are you doing on that reusable bag thing we discussed in May?
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It goes both ways - sometimes i someone smugly tossing their canvas / hemp / whatever grocery bag in the back of their hummer H2, sometimes it's someone stuffing 18 mostly empty, double-plasticed bags in the hatchback of his/her prius... I'm not a tree-hugging, granola-eating hippy, but it really bothers me every time I see it!
Putting single items in double-bagged plastic, wasteful produce bags, double/triple/quadruple packaged things - with 90% of the packaging going into the trash within 10 minutes of getting home.
My friends from europe say it's criminal - literally criminal - to not recycle... I don't understand what's so hard - it takes no extra effort! but so few people do it.
I guess we don't allow ourselves the luxury, but there's something more than quaint - something natural - about a farmer's market environment. Taking a few items at a time in your own bag to use for the day or for a few days instead of cryovac hermetically-sealed ultra family bulk packs of everything.
Meh. Maybe people would be more reluctant to waste so much if instead of a $0.10 rebate they were charged a nickel or a dime per bag they took... and of course the money would go to curing something or helping someone or something like that. Trader Joes enters you into a contest for a gift card if you bring your own, which is cool too.
Just to help you out: if you do take home plastic bags (both the "carry out" bags and the smaller, "produce" bags), you can recycle them in your blue, City-serviced barrel. Along with those plastic protectors you get when you pick clothes up at the dry-cleaners, these types of plastic bags are recyclable in the City barrels.
Although I use canvas bags while shopping, I was not aware of the recyclability of plastic bags and dry cleaning bags. Thanks for the info!