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So what do you think of the plastic bag ban??

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Created by noels > 9 months ago, 7 May 2009
noels
WA, 93 posts
7 May 2009 10:30AM
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I think that it's about time they did something about them. It wasn't all that long ago that you could go shopping and they had the big thick brown paper bags to put your groceries in.

elmo
WA, 8899 posts
7 May 2009 10:37AM
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How will you suffocate the kittens if you don't have plastic bags?

DavMen
NSW, 1510 posts
7 May 2009 12:40PM
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Rubbish!

noels
WA, 93 posts
7 May 2009 10:42AM
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elmo said...

How will you suffocate the kittens if you don't have plastic bags?


Don't be so cruel!
How could some-one even think of doing that to an innocent kitty?

cranky
440 posts
7 May 2009 11:04AM
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What am I going to put my rubbish in now? gota go an buy some plastic bags doh.

555
892 posts
7 May 2009 11:10AM
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noels said...
Don't be so cruel!
How could some-one even think of doing that to an innocent kitty?


Innocent? Don't you guys have native lizards or birds?

Suffocation isn't the nicest option though - a quick smack on the head with a piece of timber is much more humane. Of course, in order to minimise the mess, it's still best done in a plastic bag!

Plastic bags are a good start, but then many of them do get used more than once before being dumped. Those ones will be replaced with other non-supermarket plastic bags [as cranky suggests] which just moves/hides the problem.

Plastic waste is a much bigger global problem than a few million supermarket bags.
See this series of videos for one example: www.vice.com/en_au

noels
WA, 93 posts
7 May 2009 12:31PM
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Yeah we have native lizards and birds and we have a cat, that is locked in the house every night and that has also been desexed.
If pet owners were more responsible there wouldn't be a problem with unwanted kittens.

easty
TAS, 2213 posts
7 May 2009 6:13PM
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cranky said...

What am I going to put my rubbish in now? gota go an buy some plastic bags doh.


You can put your rubbish in a rubbish bin, and when it's full empty it into the wheelie bin - if it gets smelly hose it out - why the need for a bin liner?

Dawn Patrol
WA, 1991 posts
7 May 2009 6:04PM
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The best solution is obviously a BinDow. It is a combonation of a bin and a window. Put the bin on the otherside of an easy to get to window. When you have rubbish, slide open the window, and chuck it straight into the bin.

noels
WA, 93 posts
7 May 2009 7:12PM
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That's how I empty my teapot, straight into the garden.

NotWal
QLD, 7436 posts
7 May 2009 10:12PM
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elmo said...

How will you suffocate the kittens if you don't have plastic bags?


And what are you going to give your baby to play with?

choco
SA, 4187 posts
7 May 2009 9:59PM
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you guys have the plastic bags banned over in wa? i thought sa was the only state.

shark
WA, 361 posts
7 May 2009 9:24PM
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choco said...

you guys have the plastic bags banned over in wa? i thought sa was the only state.



I heard they were going to ban south australians in wa on the news tonite. Or was it plastic bags?
dohh, cant remember now

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
7 May 2009 9:24PM
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Its about time to be brave like Bunnings and just DO IT, no bags , boxes recycled customers happy.
I think it could and should be done, sooner not later

elmo
WA, 8899 posts
7 May 2009 11:40PM
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NotWal said...

elmo said...

How will you suffocate the kittens if you don't have plastic bags?


And what are you going to give your baby to play with?


More importantly what will the dolphins have to play with?

555
892 posts
8 May 2009 5:20AM
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elmo said...

NotWal said...

elmo said...

How will you suffocate the kittens if you don't have plastic bags?


And what are you going to give your baby to play with?


More importantly what will the dolphins have to play with?


Yeah.. since they stopped holding 6 packs of beer together with those plastic handcuff things the dolphins have really been struggling for entertainment!

Perhaps we could give the kittens to the dolphins to play with?

elmo
WA, 8899 posts
8 May 2009 8:45AM
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555 said...

elmo said...

NotWal said...

elmo said...

How will you suffocate the kittens if you don't have plastic bags?


And what are you going to give your baby to play with?


More importantly what will the dolphins have to play with?


Yeah.. since they stopped holding 6 packs of beer together with those plastic handcuff things the dolphins have really been struggling for entertainment!

Perhaps we could give the kittens to the dolphins to play with?


I think the dolphins prefer puppies as they can throw them in the air better

Pugwash
WA, 7733 posts
8 May 2009 9:28AM
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landyacht said...

Its about time to be brave like Bunnings and just DO IT, no bags , boxes recycled customers happy.
I think it could and should be done, sooner not later


Customers happy and Bunnings That doesn't sound right

How about: It's about time to be brave like Bunnings and just DO IT, no bags, no service.

555
892 posts
8 May 2009 12:29PM
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Pugwash said...
Customers happy and Bunnings That doesn't sound right

How about: It's about time to be brave like Bunnings and just DO IT, no bags, no service.


Service is for people who should be hiring a contractor!
It's diY as in do it Yourself..

Besides, it's not the workers fault that they're still at school and don't know what aisle the left handed screwdrivers are kept in - or which department is supposed to have the long weights.

Sheesh.. next you'll be expecting someone to put petrol in your car at a Service station!

Pugwash
WA, 7733 posts
8 May 2009 1:13PM
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555 said...

Pugwash said...
Customers happy and Bunnings That doesn't sound right

How about: It's about time to be brave like Bunnings and just DO IT, no bags, no service.


Service is for people who should be hiring a contractor!
It's diY as in do it Yourself..

Besides, it's not the workers fault that they're still at school and don't know what aisle the left handed screwdrivers are kept in - or which department is supposed to have the long weights.

Sheesh.. next you'll be expecting someone to put petrol in your car at a Service station!




It is their decision to run and hide when you are about to ask for a left handed screwdriver... which usually ends with FIY (find it yourself) and getting a long weight instead...

Sounds like you have been to a Bunnings on a Saturday or Sunday also

SMG
QLD, 208 posts
8 May 2009 3:58PM
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QLD is looking at adopting the same ban....great!

At work we deal with Sea Turtles that have "floating disease" - it's where they've ingested a plastic bag which then gets caught in their bowel, causes a bacterial gas build up under their shell and hence the "floating" part.
Not being able to dive for food, they starve - That's if the sun doesn't bake them alive first.
- not a nice way to go!

Recently there was a croc that died here, when they opened it up, it was full of plastic bags!

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
8 May 2009 4:45PM
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noels said...

Yeah we have native lizards and birds and we have a cat, that is locked in the house every night and that has also been desexed.
If pet owners were more responsible there wouldn't be a problem with unwanted kittens.


But they're not, so there are plastic bags.

cRAZY Canuk
NSW, 2528 posts
8 May 2009 6:14PM
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555 said...

Pugwash said...
Customers happy and Bunnings That doesn't sound right

How about: It's about time to be brave like Bunnings and just DO IT, no bags, no service.


Service is for people who should be hiring a contractor!
It's diY as in do it Yourself..

Besides, it's not the workers fault that they're still at school and don't know what aisle the left handed screwdrivers are kept in - or which department is supposed to have the long weights.

Sheesh.. next you'll be expecting someone to put petrol in your car at a Service station!



You forgot sky hooks.

Interesting you bring up Servos - in Oregon it's illigal to fill your own car up at the pump the attendant has to do it for you - god bess america

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
9 May 2009 8:03PM
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555 said...

Pugwash said...
Customers happy and Bunnings That doesn't sound right

How about: It's about time to be brave like Bunnings and just DO IT, no bags, no service.


Service is for people who should be hiring a contractor!
It's diY as in do it Yourself..

Besides, it's not the workers fault that they're still at school and don't know what aisle the left handed screwdrivers are kept in - or which department is supposed to have the long weights.

Sheesh.. next you'll be expecting someone to put petrol in your car at a Service station!

your a dill , simply buy righthanded screwdrivers, pull the handle off and put it back on the other way around the I have trouble finding the shelf for the short stays, the long weights are kept near the checkout, with the carboard boxes



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