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<title>Dot Bonnenfant</title>
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There are MANY reasons for us to STOP using plastic bags!

If you are working towards banning or reducing the use of plastic bags in your community....
You are invited to a Fireside Chat (free Pan-Canadian discussion via telephone/internet - for community health professionals and issue-related sectors)

June 4, 2009 1:00 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

You will hear directly from Leaf Rapids Manitoba - the first community in North America to ban plastic bags.

For more information and to register: www.chnet-works.ca 

Dot Bonnenfant 
CHNET-Works! Animateur 
animateur@chnet-works.ca 
www.chnet-works.ca 
University of Ottawa, Community Health Research Unit]]>
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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:53:56 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Leslie</title>
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Maybe rather than using plastic bags for carrying lunches, books or other items, a small back pack would do the trick?  I carry my back pack everywhere.]]>
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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 10:44:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Fran</title>
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To think banning plastic bags is going to make a difference is only looking at one symptom of the problem.  It is easy to see evidence of how the plastic industry is dealing with these bans.  Walk into any grocery store and try to buy something NOT wrapped in plastic.  It's almost impossible.  The newest plastic invention - shrink wrapped broccoli and cauliflower.  We have done fine without these items covered in plastic until now.  What justification has the plastic industry come up with?  I cannot even guess.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/plastic_bag_ban_talk/#c297839</link>
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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:41:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>plasticrap</title>
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cloth bags are an excellent idea. perhaps we could do away with trash bags altogether and simply have a system where we dump our trash bins directly into the garbage truck. There's just too much plastic in the world, it has to stop. http://www.bestlifeonline.com/cms/publish/travel-leisure/Our_oceans_are_turning_into_plastic_are_we.shtml]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/plastic_bag_ban_talk/#c275888</link>
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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:18:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>cwd</title>
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Hahaha. I love how that movie link has an advertisement for Jeep SUV's. Hilarious. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/plastic_bag_ban_talk/#c274875</link>
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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:00:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>W. K. Lis</title>
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If they get rid of the plastic bag, what will I do for my "man purse"?
I always reused mine to carry my lunch, books, or drinks when I ride on the TTC or to a medical appointment.]]>
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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:59:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ryan L.</title>
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Just to add on to what Sean said.  Paper bags are WORSE for the environment than plastic ones.  It's really an issue of misinformation.  Paper bags take up many more times the space, and weigh significantly more than plastic.  This means significant amounts of carbon released in transportation alone.

Because they are not as strong, they often have to be double or triple bagged (in their traditional form).  To combat this, some stores have made their bags thicker and added cord-like handles, which use up more material still, often use more glue and require even more space to ship.

This is why I've begun to hate stores like Whole Foods, which promote paper bags as being more environmentally friendly, when really they're only doing it because it gives them the -image- of being more environmentally friendly, when in fact they're doing quite the opposite.

Plastic bags are often reused for pet owners and as garbage bags.  How many (thicker and heavier) garbage bags are saved from the landfill by the use of grocery bags?

Surprisingly, the solution that is best for the environment is one that  many grocery stores employ, but is often ignored.  Places like No Frills use old shipping boxes in place of bags (not counting if you decide to buy bags).  Using a fully recyclable box that already exists as opposed to a reusable bag (which has to be made) is a solution most people don't think of.

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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:45:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>MArk</title>
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Plastic garbage island in the middle of the Pacific. Great story.

<a href="http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1485308505">http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1485308505</a>]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/environment/2008/04/plastic_bag_ban_talk/#c274853</link>
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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:14:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sean Williams</title>
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- a standard plastic grocery bag costs about a penny to produce, compared with 4 cents to 5 cents for a paper bag.

Paper bags were replaced by plastic bags because plastic is more durable. Frozen items in a paper bag during the summer, with condensation, the bags get soggy and tear open in the bottom.  Plastic rules!

The grocery store chains should give out their 'green' bags for FREE.  They are durable and with their logo on it, it promotes them.  Until I get those free, I'll stick to the ordinary plastic bags.

Their 'green' bags by the way are made of recycled plastic products. ]]>
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<category>Toronto, Environment</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:12:57 PDT</pubDate>
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