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Don’t choose the yellow one. It gets tricky to know when the pee is about to overflow.
With Amazon, you can get rid of the can as well. Cardboard boxes make excellent, disposable wastebaskets.
I’ve actually been using the box my computer case came in for recycling for a little over a year now. It just works!
Omg I did the same lol. Sort of. It’s not my primary one but it has recycling in it.
You can use them for most types of furniture too!
I think it’s black and blue.
You can see the camera’s auto white balance changes depending on the colour of the bag.
If you want nice warm hues in your portraits, always pose with a Walmart shopping bag
Funny
I never thought I’d put these words together…but Walmart is the classier choice.
I don’t wear ties.
Got to love Lemmy. I see so many goofy posts like these and then everyone proceeds to take it way too seriously and even start to give advice.
Most of us have a touch of the 'tism.
As a German definitely white. Since yellow is only acceptable for plastic packaging. And bathroom junk is usually tampons and stuff.
Oh I thought we were choosing wall colour
But the yellow is just so much more sophisticated…
They banned plastic grocery bags in my state to cut down on plastic waste… Now I have to buy more plastic “trash” bags to throw away…
I’m convinced that “Big Trash Bag” has been lobbying for these kinds of laws lol
I’m sure they do a little for the climate, but does nothing to tackle the actual big polluters (i.e. big corporations)
Really gotta wonder how America hasn’t invented a corn-based, low-cost, durable polymer that breaks down in typical landfills.
I’m sure it has been. Just like a million other world changing inventions that have been captured/killed by the powers that be
Or just killed by reality. Just because it has been (hypothetically) invented doesn’t mean that it’s easy or even possible to manufacture at a large scale and/or at a reasonable price.
Sure thing bud. Just ask those people that have threatened industries like big oil with inventions in the past, if they’ve alive to tell it. Or even perhaps people like Nikola Tesla. Stay woke my lemming. Not all conspiracy theories are crazy
Any examples?
Sure. Like I just said Tesla. There are plenty more examples of companies trying to stop progress. Look what they’re doing right now with EV and solar in the US. That’s backed by big $ from lobbyist. Or if you wanna talk about the topic at hand, petrol companies have recently projected that in the next 20 years, over 95% of their profits from oil will be made from plastic products, such as grocery store bags and single use products. Hell, grocery stores profit majorly from single use plastics. In 2020 oil companies invested an additional $400 billion into upgrading plastic manufacturing. You can bet your ass that a large majority of that is going to lobby politicians, and manufacturers to follow the status quo, including blocking biodegradables, like corn based bags.
Nothing is stopping you from doing it
Seems like they need to make a wastebasket that fits the paper sacks?
Something like this would probably work well:
I’m in California and they did the same thing but we still get plastic bags. They’re reusable and $0.10 each.
Damn I haven’t heard about that yet. I think that’s good news though, honestly we don’t need these plastic bags. Even at $0.10 each I have a cabinet full of them. I use them as often as I remember to but I def have more than necessary. I already pay the same for plastic bottles, cans, etc… although I get my money back on those when I recycle, as you know. Paper bags just seem easy more sustainable.
For sure. It’s definitely okay by me. I have a bunch saved up myself, and quite a few of the cheap reusables. But my go to bags are from IKEA in Burbank. They have a great selection of bags that fold down nicely, and are very portable. The ones I use the most were only like $5 a piece too.
I noticed that Walmart has started using the cheap shitty ones again. Haven’t looked to see if they claim to be reusable but they’re hardly durable enough for the first go.
I haven’t been to Walmart in so long I can’t actually recall. I know my local Bodega has shitty bags that they also charge for…
My stare does it too, but there’s still plenty of other things that come in paper or plastic bags that I use for garbage i.e. takeout, etc that I’ve still got the same box of trash bags I bought like 8 years ago. Very rarely to I use an actual trash bag.
I prefer the generic ones that say “Thank You”
You could use none and just dump it into the larger trash bag in the kitchen when it fills up. Every so often, wash it out in the bathtub.
I use the bathroom garbage to empty the litterboxes. Ain’t no way i am raw dogging that
I’m gonna have to go with choice “A”. The Walmart bag is slightly larger than the DG bag, so it will fit in the bin better.
I’m actually worried these days that I won’t be able to do this one day soon.
The grocery stores I use have stopped using these bags and now I don’t collect them anymore. Up until a year ago I used to complain about it all, I’d collect boxes and boxes of this crap year after year. I used to joke with my friends that I could insulate my garage with this stuff. Now my stash is dwindling as the months go by. I keep emptying box after box of what were once endless stashes of grocery bags.
What will happen when I run out? :(
Is this like a northern state thing?
The only places I know that don’t do bags are Sprouts (charges 0.10) and Natural Grocers (they give you leftover boxes if you ask.)
I’ve got a bunch, but can’t share - hoping to process them into yarn.
Northern Ontario … although we have a lot in common with the northern states
You’ll have to start recycling and composting.
Idk if kitty litter or dental floss fits into either of those categories
I’m pretty sure biodegradable/compostable kitty litter is a thing. As for the floss, switch to a water pik, I guess?
you’re gonna need to go two-tone. even tossing just an empty tp tube into either runs the risk of the bag breaking.
