No more takeaway plastic in our area

Is it, though? I mean, remember when PAPER was wanting to be phased out to save the rain forest? I think sometimes it's more about beefing up an industry than saving the planet. Paper must have needed some help. lol

@porwest At least paper products break down and trees can be grown whereas the oceans are filling up with plastic waste, not to mention landfill.

We actually remember now to take our shopping bags with us. It did take a while however.

@JudyEv The problem is that paper and Glass containers are mot suitable to hold everything, especially the heavier items.

They're gradually phasing out plastic which is a good thing.

@JudyEv I almost always have a bag in the car...but like I said,can't tell you how often I have left it there.

@snowy22315 At first, we'd have them in the car and take them into the shop then later into the house, then forget to take them back to the car! But we're better at remembering now.

We'd forget our shopping bags too when the laws were first introduced but now everyone seems to be used to it and they have bags in the car and/or take them when they go to the shops.

@JudyEv Plastics are horrible, yet they continue to stick around. I suppose the folks who invented plastic never thought about the negative impacts.

At least the paper, bamboo stuff can be disposed off but the plastic remains forever.

@much2say They probably gave no thought as to how they'd get rid of it once it was no longer useful.

@JudyEv That is how it was here initially But Indians are Indians after all. The powers that be are themselves guilty.

There are none of the disposable plastic shopping bags here now and almost everyone you see heading to the supermarkets have bags with them.

That's how it is here - bamboo cutlery and no plastic bags at the supermarkets. We've all got used to taking our own or paying a small amount for a paper one.

@JudyEv Just before they stopped selling the grocery store bags, I bought a big box of 1,000 bags. I can use them discreetly. I have always used canvas bags for the groceries because they support more weight than the plastic ones do. I just have many many more canvas ones now.

@Juliaacv You did well with this.

Rivers, creeks, drains are full of plastic rubbish and now it's really impacting on the ocean.

At least they are trying to stop the use of plastic which is a good thing. Change can take a long time sometimes.

Slowly it seems that plastics are being phased out.

Plastic started off as such a wonderful thing but I guess no-one really thought about the consequences of what would happen when a piece has passed to usefulness.

I have friends with bamboo socks but they do say they take a long time to dry. I only put my recycling bin out every three weeks or so. I have far less rubbish than I ever used to have.

@JudyEv Yes, it is.

It's a pity it's so handy, isn't it?

It's awful to see how much plastic is being pulled from the sea.

That's what they're called - single use plastic. It doesn't mean that you're the only one that reuses them. I reuse them too and now I'm still reusing the cardboard ones if they're resalvageable.

@JudyEv Well, I said, "in my house" there is no such thing. Not that there IS no such thing. lol

It's good we've moving away from plastic.

It would be good to get as far away from plastic as possible.

@JudyEv That is good that it is recyclable .

They have a clear cover which looks like plastic but I think it is recyclable.

@JudyEv - I agree with you. I am happy to "make do" with bamboo cutlery in order to help the planet. I can actually tell that the ocean has risen over the past decade. My friend and I have noticed because there is a big rock formation on the beach that we used to be able to walk around at low tide without getting wet. We have not been able to do that in the past 4 years. Low tide seems to be permanently higher than in the past. It's a small change, but small changes add up, eventually.

@DeborahDiane And tide changes aren't really small changes as tides extend for miles and miles.

The forks they have here are pretty flat too and the knives wouldn't cut much but it's all good. If it's helping the planet then I'm happy to 'make do' with the bamboo cutlery.

It's a small change but hopefully will help the planet.

We need to hurry up if we're going to stop climate change, that's for sure.