Hunter007 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/nyregion/plastic-bag-ban-.amp.html Plastic Bags to Be Banned in New York; Second Statewide Ban, After California Edited March 29, 2019 by Storm914 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First-light Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Been banned in Suffolk county for a long time. You can still get them just have to pay 5 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter007 Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, First-light said: Been banned in Suffolk county for a long time. You can still get them just have to pay 5 cents. I can see stores just paying the 5 cents themselves and giving them out free to costumers anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robhuntandfish Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Storm914 said: I can see stores just paying the 5 cents themselves and giving them out free to costumers anyway. No way a store is doing that. Esp a Wal-Mart. Been hoarding them for a while. Need them for fish guts! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I need those bags to use as a glove to cover my hand when the cats throw up their lunch occasionally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter007 Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, Robhuntandfish said: No way a store is doing that. Esp a Wal-Mart. Been hoarding them for a while. Need them for fish guts! Lol You would be surprised just to get a advantage from the store down the street . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Seasons Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Merlot said: I need those bags to use as a glove to cover my hand when the cats throw up their lunch occasionally. i do the same for picking up dog poop. one bag for poop, the other for picking it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left field Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I haven't gone too deep into this but on the surface, I'm all for it. I've been to too many countries and oceans where single-use plastic is devastating the environment. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter007 Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, left field said: I haven't gone too deep into this but on the surface, I'm all for it. I've been to too many countries and oceans where single-use plastic is devastating the environment. How about people just pick up there crap and throw it in the garbage . Edited March 29, 2019 by Storm914 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left field Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 5 minutes ago, Storm914 said: How about people just pick up there crap and throw it in the garbage . Have you considered putting your name forward for Sec of the Interior? I'm sure the current administration would appreciate that kind of straightforward no-nonsense approach to environmental issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Btw their will be a new tax for brown paper bags every time you get one. This state is broke and trying to milk every last cent out us hard honest working folk. Keep letting in the illegals to live for free off of our tax money! And that asshole cuomo wonders why people are leaving in droves! 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy K Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 One more thing for us to brag about to our grandchildren " when I was your age ,we carried our groceries home in things that could kill you!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) George Carlin called this years ago, you’ll enjoy this . Wegmans said the number of plastic bags that come In 1 tractor trailer load, it would take 7 trailers to bring the same number of paper bags . Edited March 29, 2019 by Stay at home Nomad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Plastic will end up killing us all. Especially us as outdoors people should be aware what plastic particles are doing to the food chain. Especially fish and birds. The phrase don't shit where you eat comes to mind. I'm all for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachunter Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I can see stores just paying the 5 cents themselves and giving them out free to costumers anyway. No way that’s a tax the state gets the money. I’m in Suffolk too and refuse to pay, but it’s a pita to remember to bring bags in the store. On a side note if you throw a 5 cent bottle/can away the state keeps the money. The making millions off what was supposed to be a way to cut down on litter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Not that big a deal to just buy those fabric/canvas bags and use for groceries. It can be done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjb4900 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 In Suffolk County the store keeps the 5 cent fee, it doesn't go to the State or the County......on a side note, I once had one of those plastic bags stuck in the top of one of my trees, it was there for about three years before it finally broke apart and blew away. The town I live in recently stopped taking glass with recyclables, they go in the regular trash or they have places you can bring it to and drop them off, and I certainly ain't doing that.....had a guy who would drive around on recyclable trash day and pick the bottles out and return them so at least someone was getting the 5 cent deposit, now that's not possible because they're in with the household trash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First-light Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Robhuntandfish said: No way a store is doing that. Esp a Wal-Mart. Been hoarding them for a while. Need them for fish guts! Lol and dog poop! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosifer Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, jjb4900 said: In Suffolk County the store keeps the 5 cent fee, it doesn't go to the State or the County......on a side note, I once had one of those plastic bags stuck in the top of one of my trees, it was there for about three years before it finally broke apart and blew away. The town I live in recently stopped taking glass with recyclables, they go in the regular trash or they have places you can bring it to and drop them off, and I certainly ain't doing that.....had a guy who would drive around on recyclable trash day and pick the bottles out and return them so at least someone was getting the 5 cent deposit, now that's not possible because they're in with the household trash. Years ago, before we got the totes for commingled recyclables, we just had plastic totes for recyclables. There was one guy who was slightly mentally disabled that would come around and pick out the bottles and cans that had a deposit on them. We'd make sure to separate them into one group to make it easy for him to pick out. Once we switched to the totes, it was not feasible to do that anymore. Felt bad for him when we switched over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasteddie Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 31 minutes ago, Merlot said: Not that big a deal to just buy those fabric/canvas bags and use for groceries. It can be done. Those fabric / canvas bags need to be washed quite often as they can be germ carriers . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter007 Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, left field said: Have you considered putting your name forward for Sec of the Interior? I'm sure the current administration would appreciate that kind of straightforward no-nonsense approach to environmental issues. Hefty Fines maybe for not disposing of them properly . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter007 Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 minute ago, fasteddie said: Those fabric / canvas bags need to be washed quite often as they can be germ carriers . That have plastic in them also anyway btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 The bottle and can deposit was longer needed once recycling totes became a thing. The state will never end it though ,in fact they’re looking into expanding it, as they make millions off folks who recycle them at home instead of returning them for the nickel . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robhuntandfish Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Remember years ago when we were told we had to get away from paper bags to save the forrest, now we have to use paper bags to save the forrest! Lol I'm just gonna use a wheelbarrow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left field Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Fletch said: Plastic will end up killing us all. Especially us as outdoors people should be aware what plastic particles are doing to the food chain. Especially fish and birds. The phrase don't shit where you eat comes to mind. I'm all for it. Albatross chick dead with a stomach full of plastic. Plastic pulled from stomach of dead whale. I don't want to know that my Wegman's bag ended up in the guts of a dead animal. It's a small step but a relatively easy one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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