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| Thread ID: 146714 | 2018-10-31 04:04:00 | Another Blow..... | B.M. (505) | PC World Chat |
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| 1455108 | 2018-10-31 19:30:00 | I can't get a plastic bag at Countdown. . You can at Fresh Choice (which is owned by them) |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1455109 | 2018-10-31 19:32:00 | Or you can buy the newer thicker bags for 15c each and thrrow them away anyway, they have them at the checkout at my local countdown as an option. I suspect the environmental impact hasn't changed all that much. I constantly forget to take my reusable bags with me and am accumulating them. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1455110 | 2018-10-31 19:55:00 | I can't get a plastic bag at Countdown. That should fix it. My bread, biscuits, meat, breakfast cereal, frozen veg, frozen berries , milk, cheese is all wrapped up in plastic . Yet they then refuse to give me even a single plastic bag so I can carry that lot to my car Global warming is keeping us out of the next ice age. It aint all bad. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1455111 | 2018-10-31 21:03:00 | The current ice age hasn't finished yet, we are still in the tail end of it. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1455112 | 2018-10-31 21:05:00 | But who would have thought THIS (www.stuff.co.nz) a possibilty? :rolleyes: | B.M. (505) | ||
| 1455113 | 2018-11-01 01:08:00 | My bread, biscuits, meat, breakfast cereal, frozen veg, frozen berries , milk, cheese is all wrapped up in plastic . . True . It's a manufacturer problem . They need to stop it . And all the artificial in furniture, electronics, whiteware . . . the list is endless . |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1455114 | 2018-11-01 02:07:00 | True. It's a manufacturer problem. They need to stop it. While I mostly agree I don't think it's a simple thing to do. The advantage of plastic is how easy it is to get an air tight seal and mold it to any shape. Persihables keep as long as they do partly because of the plastic packaging. I think prices would need to rise and use by dates drop if we abandon plastics. Unfortunately we live in a world ruled by economics and convenience. In order for plastic to truly be replaced someone has to invent an alternative that's just as good, at least as cheap & easy to produce, that doesn't hurt the environment. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1455115 | 2018-11-01 02:34:00 | My fav breakfast cereal mix now comes in a compostable plastic bag. So I can put it in my compost bin So there are other options To be honest, I wouldnt buy bread cheese etc if it wasnt in a plastic bag. Its the double standards the peeve me. 5-10 plastic bags covering my various groceries, but all this fuss over even a single bag at the checkout. And , supermarkets let you have all the single use plastic bags you want from the vegie dept or bulk bin foods dept. perhaps because fruit & vegies are high profit for them. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1455116 | 2018-11-01 04:27:00 | I still prefer to get information about economics from economists and the environment from environmental scientists, crazy **** I know to be skeptical of a law professor on subjects outside his field of expertise. But I figure if you can be skeptical about any evidence ever provided by the experts I can be skeptical of some evidence provided by an amateur in this case. And as you know being skeptical is not the same as flat out claiming he's wrong. Not to confuse the matter but I've never supported carbon tax as an effective means to do anything and regardless of anything anyone else does our ability to effect the climate in little old NZ is virtually 0 anyway. That doesn't give us a free pass though. Well you may like to take your advice from the professionals, but, let me point out the so called professionals that you have so much faith in actually produced the figures. The Writer only interpreted them the way he sees them. Anyway, explain to me how taxing Cows and Fuel in NZ is ever going to contribute to the world reduction of Carbon or CO2. To help you out I provide this, compiled by experts you have utter faith in. (Note where NZ fits into the big scheme of things.) 9119 |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1455117 | 2018-11-01 06:47:00 | Anyway, explain to me how taxing Cows and Fuel in NZ is ever going to contribute to the world reduction of Carbon or CO2. 9119 Why would I do that? Show me where I ever claimed it would. |
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