Comments on: Use a Plastic Bag, Get 5 Years in Jail http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/ Green and Natural Parenting for Eco-Friendly Families Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Solar tronenergy http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-21709 Solar tronenergy Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:47:30 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-21709 Look I'm all for discontinuing the usage of those plastic bags. Really, I am. I have those green cloth-like biodegradable ones and I use them as often as I can. But 5 years in prison? I don't think so. You start legislating every little thing and before you know it, you're trapped in a spider web of laws. It should be a strictly civil offense, no jail time. IMHO. Look I’m all for discontinuing the usage of those plastic bags. Really, I am. I have those green cloth-like biodegradable ones and I use them as often as I can. But 5 years in prison? I don’t think so. You start legislating every little thing and before you know it, you’re trapped in a spider web of laws. It should be a strictly civil offense, no jail time. IMHO.

]]> By: Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in 3 Months : Eco Child’s Play http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-8283 Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in 3 Months : Eco Child’s Play Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:16:54 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-8283 [...] Plastic bags, the bane of human existence. [...] [...] Plastic bags, the bane of human existence. [...]

]]> By: Uncle B http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-8282 Uncle B Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:59:51 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-8282 Canada has legalized the growing of hemp, and so far has seen success in selling hemp seeds mostly and apparently leave the fiber in the fields to rot! We need hemp bags the world over, and enterprise haven't linked Canadian products to big profits yet? Yes, it is true! Canadians are such "fat calves" as to not even bother! Canada has legalized the growing of hemp, and so far has seen success in selling hemp seeds mostly and apparently leave the fiber in the fields to rot! We need hemp bags the world over, and enterprise haven’t linked Canadian products to big profits yet? Yes, it is true! Canadians are such “fat calves” as to not even bother!

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]]> By: Suffocating in Plastic http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-8284 Suffocating in Plastic Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:08:18 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-8284 What about Glad and Hefty trash bags? hmmmmm....? You never hear anything about them....Odd. I feel so righteous using my cloth bags, as I haul my daily garbage out to the curb in Glads. As a matter of fact, when I went to Wally to buy my Glads, I put them INSIDE my cloth bag to carry it to my huge gas-guzzling car. What about Glad and Hefty trash bags?
hmmmmm….? You never hear anything about them….Odd.
I feel so righteous using my cloth bags, as I haul my daily garbage out to the curb in Glads. As a matter of fact, when I went to Wally to buy my Glads, I put them INSIDE my cloth bag to carry it to my huge gas-guzzling car.

]]> By: GMNightmare http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-8281 GMNightmare Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:50:44 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-8281 "energy and resource use, plastic bags are the most environmentally friendly option" No... they AREN'T. They are made of a waste product form a nonrenewable source, meaning, that waste product is also nonrenewable. And it can be used for other uses. They do leech chemicals... even into what they contain. Update yourself. When "disposed", they DON'T DECOMPOSE. Understand? Furthermore, they find their way into water sources, and they make new continents in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Recycling, will never grant perfect returns. In this case, it's not really "recycled", it's made into new non-recyclable products, the virgin materials are never regained. Plastic bags are not environmentally friendly in any case. If you argue such, you are only looking at short term... and ignoring a lot. You eat more plastic than you are probably aware of. As for you, Kaylyn: "but God put it here the way it was supposed to be. That is all the nutrition we need, we all just need to get the right portions of all of it" Say that to all the starving children in the world. I don't think they care about your notions of god providing everything here the way it was supposed to be. Furthermore, you have no right to claim such, as I could simply say that god meant for us to do such things hence why they are being done. In other words, leave your god out of conversations that he has no need to be in, it doesn't provide a backing for what your saying. For the article... 5 years is simply too much. For using, a plastic bag. This is against human rights, and it is completely unreasonable and unjust. Yeah, there should be something done though, I just don't agree with their way. “energy and resource use, plastic bags are the most environmentally friendly option”
No… they AREN’T.

They are made of a waste product form a nonrenewable source, meaning, that waste product is also nonrenewable. And it can be used for other uses.

They do leech chemicals… even into what they contain. Update yourself.

When “disposed”, they DON’T DECOMPOSE. Understand? Furthermore, they find their way into water sources, and they make new continents in the middle of the Pacific ocean.

Recycling, will never grant perfect returns. In this case, it’s not really “recycled”, it’s made into new non-recyclable products, the virgin materials are never regained.

Plastic bags are not environmentally friendly in any case. If you argue such, you are only looking at short term… and ignoring a lot. You eat more plastic than you are probably aware of.

As for you, Kaylyn:
“but God put it here the way it was supposed to be. That is all the nutrition we need, we all just need to get the right portions of all of it”
Say that to all the starving children in the world. I don’t think they care about your notions of god providing everything here the way it was supposed to be. Furthermore, you have no right to claim such, as I could simply say that god meant for us to do such things hence why they are being done. In other words, leave your god out of conversations that he has no need to be in, it doesn’t provide a backing for what your saying.

For the article… 5 years is simply too much. For using, a plastic bag. This is against human rights, and it is completely unreasonable and unjust.

Yeah, there should be something done though, I just don’t agree with their way.

]]> By: Ken Holmes http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-8278 Ken Holmes Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:41:51 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-8278 The plastic bag problem in Delhi, and in many developing countries, is caused due to a poor waste disposal and recycling system. The biggest problem bags cause is litter. As far as energy and resource use, plastic bags are the most environmentally friendly option out there. Yes, even better than the reusables. They are easily recycled, lightweight, strong, waterproof, made from a waste product, and don't leach chemicals or give off methane when disposed of in landfills. But when littered, they can cause LOTS of problems. The solution is to focus attention on educating people about how to properly dispose of waste. The plastic bag problem in Delhi, and in many developing countries, is caused due to a poor waste disposal and recycling system. The biggest problem bags cause is litter. As far as energy and resource use, plastic bags are the most environmentally friendly option out there. Yes, even better than the reusables. They are easily recycled, lightweight, strong, waterproof, made from a waste product, and don’t leach chemicals or give off methane when disposed of in landfills. But when littered, they can cause LOTS of problems. The solution is to focus attention on educating people about how to properly dispose of waste.

]]> By: Kaylyn http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-8276 Kaylyn Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:01:02 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-8276 I think that EVERYTHING we use and waste;everything should be Recyclable Material and can decompose naturally.. It should be a law that Every0ne recycle.Companies and people build places; hotels,and restaurants for example, on top of big pits of trash! what are we thinking??All this trash just laying around produces bacterias, etc. That harms us and earth.Although it might take a while to do this, the effects will cause big differences later. The FDA posted that they are going to be "open" to genetically engineered food..why?? I ask. I am going to grow My garden, of course they are trying to make things better, but God put it here the way it was supposed to be. That is all the nutrition we need, we all just need to get the right portions of all of it. We are the only ones here to take care of the earth...it is our home and we need to keep it clean. I think that EVERYTHING we use and waste;everything should be Recyclable Material and can decompose naturally.. It should be a law that Every0ne recycle.Companies and people build places; hotels,and
restaurants for example, on top of big pits of trash!
what are we thinking??All this trash just laying around produces bacterias, etc. That harms us and earth.Although it might take a while to do this, the effects will cause big differences later. The FDA posted that they are going to be “open” to genetically engineered food..why?? I ask. I am going to grow My garden,
of course they are trying to make things better, but God put it here the way it was supposed to be. That is all the nutrition we need, we all just need to get the right portions of all of it. We are the only ones here to take care of the earth…it is our home and we need to keep it clean.

]]> By: Debbie Smith http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-8277 Debbie Smith Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:07:49 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-8277 On the article about the plastic bags in Delhi, I believe they do need tough enforcement, possibly not such a huge fine, but a more doable fine. I would think that the people most likely to abuse this law are the poor and uneducated, a fine of this magnitude will have no effect. Attached to the fine also should be some kind of community service. Aside from the problem of disposing the bags are the huge mountains of trash in many spots along the streets and the cows wandering along eating the plastic bags that end up getting tangled in their digestive tracks. Some labor and education should be suggested along with the fine to help alleviate these problems that are connected with the massive usage of these bags. I applaud the Indian government for doing something, maybe they can do something that will have a multiple advantage. On the article about the plastic bags in Delhi, I believe they do need tough enforcement, possibly not such a huge fine, but a more doable fine. I would think that the people most likely to abuse this law are the poor and uneducated, a fine of this magnitude will have no effect. Attached to the fine also should be some kind of community service. Aside from the problem of disposing the bags are the huge mountains of trash in many spots along the streets and the cows wandering along eating the plastic bags that end up getting tangled in their digestive tracks. Some labor and education should be suggested along with the fine to help alleviate these problems that are connected with the massive usage of these bags. I applaud the Indian government for doing something, maybe they can do something that will have a multiple advantage.

]]> By: Ethnic Cookbooks for Kids: Traveling the World, One Recipe at a Time : Eco Child’s Play http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/19/use-a-plastic-bag-get-5-years-in-jail/#comment-8279 Ethnic Cookbooks for Kids: Traveling the World, One Recipe at a Time : Eco Child’s Play Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:44:35 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2681#comment-8279 [...] Handstand Kids doesn’t just offer a cookbook, but it is a kit.  Each cookbook introduces kids to one country and comes with a cooking accessory. The first book in the series focuses on Italy and comes with a chef’s hat and cookbook packed in a pizza box. The Mexican kit comes in a plastic tortilla bag along with an oven mitt, and has been named Toy Directory’s Top Toy of 2008.  The recipes are not vegetarian like Honest Pretzels; however, most of them can be adapted and they are all natural.  I can’t wait to try the Wedding Cookies and Mexican Hot Chocolate (can you tell I have a sweet tooth?). Personally, I would prefer the Mexican kit came in something other than a plastic bag. [...] [...] Handstand Kids doesn’t just offer a cookbook, but it is a kit.  Each cookbook introduces kids to one country and comes with a cooking accessory. The first book in the series focuses on Italy and comes with a chef’s hat and cookbook packed in a pizza box. The Mexican kit comes in a plastic tortilla bag along with an oven mitt, and has been named Toy Directory’s Top Toy of 2008.  The recipes are not vegetarian like Honest Pretzels; however, most of them can be adapted and they are all natural.  I can’t wait to try the Wedding Cookies and Mexican Hot Chocolate (can you tell I have a sweet tooth?). Personally, I would prefer the Mexican kit came in something other than a plastic bag. [...]

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