Hawaii bans plastic bags at checkout

[11B4V]

Good.

Hippie. 

[Ideologue]

But those small plastic bags are so useful. 

Only for kitty litter and picking up dog shit.

But they are way useful for that.

You just gotta check for holes.

[CountDeMoney]

So they are gonna force people to bring their own bags or they gonna use paper and fuck up the forests some more?

At least you can reforest; you can't replastic.  You see the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch lately?  Twice the size of fucking Texas.  And there ain't no trees trunks floating there.

[CountDeMoney]

and occasionally for cleaning out the car.

This...is true.

[Caliga]

And don't give me any "I use them when I bring my lunch to work" bullshit. 

[CountDeMoney]

And don't give me any "I use them when I bring my lunch to work" bullshit. 

Pfft, gay.  People who haul their shit in plastic bags looks like homeless monkeys.

[DGuller]

Kitty litter scoopin' is why I don't bring re-usable backs.

You throw your back out every time you scoop?  Yikes.

[Josquius]

Clearly this is a conspiracy by the bin bag makers.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Kitty litter scoopin' is why I don't bring re-usable backs.

You throw your back out every time you scoop?  Yikes.

I know it's wrong but I can't stop myself. I'm addicted to physical therapy.

[jimmy olsen]

So they are gonna force people to bring their own bags or they gonna use paper and fuck up the forests some more?

At least you can reforest; you can't replastic.  You see the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch lately?  Twice the size of fucking Texas.  And there ain't no trees trunks floating there.

Ugh, didn't know about this 'till now.

Fucking horrible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

[Darth Wagtaros]

So they are gonna force people to bring their own bags or they gonna use paper and fuck up the forests some more?

At least you can reforest; you can't replastic.  You see the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch lately?  Twice the size of fucking Texas.  And there ain't no trees trunks floating there.

Ugh, didn't know about this 'till now.

Fucking horrible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

Its been in the news for years dude. 

[mongers]

At worst this is gesture politics, at best a very marginal issue; even bottled designer water has a magnitude or two more waste involved in its sale and distribution than this.

[Josquius]

At worst this is gesture politics, at best a very marginal issue; even bottled designer water has a magnitude or two more waste involved in its sale and distribution than this.

I guess it gets people to think about the issues more since it actually hits them directly in everyday life? Or something like that.

Though I wouldn't say "Even bottled water". Bottled water is horrific stuff for the environment.

[CountDeMoney]

Bottled water is horrific stuff for the environment.

Not so much the water as the bottles.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I don't get the bottled water thing.  A lot of it comes out of municipal water supply - tap water in other words.  Unless the local water sucks completely you may as well just buy one bottle and refill it over and over from the town tap.