Paper or Plastic?

paper or plastic: more than meets the eye
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2007/10/03/GR2007100301385.html
inneresting article in the washington post details some info about production costs, and the cost of recycling materials . . .
(le sigh, trying to live an environmentally responsible life)

Screw both of'em. We bring our canvas bags to the store (if the trip was planned, which they mostly are) - the handles are a lot easier on the hands, too.

i dont have anything fashionable to reuse. but i do recycle the plastic bags into garbage bags.

met foods on vandy is selling reusable canvas bags now, armchair, so no excuses!

i'm thrilled about that for two reasons -- one, people will buy and use the bags, and two, that means the cashiers all accept my own canvas and string bags without confusion.

but that means i have to get more garbage bags for home.

I'm with AW. I get the plastic bags, but I never buy garbage bags. I just reuse the shopping bags for garbage.

Of course, now I have to figure out what to do with all those FD boxes...

carni save them for the end of the month when people move. or build a box fort!

Carnivore wrote: Of course, now I have to figure out what to do with all those FD boxes...

Well you can do something like this:
http://www.fedexfurniture.com/pictures.html

But I see you and Mrs. C as more of this type:
http://tinyurl.com/3yz56g

we use plastic bags for kitty litter purposes, but i find i get plenty of those even if i use my own bags at the grocery. i will admit to buying garbage bags for the kitchen garbage, but i recently discovered that seventh generation bags from FD are cheaper than non-hippie ones. go figure.

I've found seventh generation products to be competitively priced with other products.

I have a canvas bag, but I suppose I should get some more. If anything else, stuff is less likely to fall out of my cart if it's in a canvas bag then if it's in its own tiny individual plastic bag, which is what you get when you buy only one item at a store. I lost a cheese that way.

Carnivore wrote:
Of course, now I have to figure out what to do with all those FD boxes...

Last week I read somewhere that FD finally agreed to stop packing things one to a box...
and that they were going to start using bags, which is completely mystifying to me since it's truck delivery.
what are they telling customers?

The bargain store on the corner of Fulton and Bedford is selling medium-ish canvas bags for $1! I picked up a nice Alaska Gun Collectors bag yesterday, now if I could only remember to bring the bags with me... :?

pitu wrote: [quote=Carnivore]
Of course, now I have to figure out what to do with all those FD boxes...

Last week I read somewhere that FD finally agreed to stop packing things one to a box...
and that they were going to start using bags, which is completely mystifying to me since it's truck delivery.
what are they telling customers?

they sent an email around recently saying that in 1-2 years they plan to switch entirely over into plastic boxes that will be reused - a measure I applaud. of course, not sure if what happens is that you have to unpack immediately or that you get to give the plastic back at next drop off, but either way, I look forward to that. I hate those fucking cardboard boxes.