Frank P.

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:06:23 -0800

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!

LA City Nerd

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:38:09 -0800

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.

big steve

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:53:31 -0800

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.

LAist: LAist Rants: The Grocery Bag Update

Frank P.

LA City Nerd

big steve