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And where are those plastic bags made? Not in Oregon from the waste of our natural gas use.
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Plastic shopping bags (and other film plastics) are a disaster in mixed recycling systems (like we have in most urban areas in Oregon). So forget curbside recycling of them. As for dropping them off, a lot of people take them to the store or a depot, but many more throw them away. Requiring them to be dropped off reduces participation in recycling of them. Last available data for disposal vs. recycling of plastic film in Oregon: in 2002 (most recent data) Oregon landfilled 27,781 tons of recyclable film plastic (bags) 6724 tons recycled (10,739 tons recycled in 2008--no disposal data until DEQ finishes waste evaluation study).
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Why do you need garbage bags? I don't use them (I compost tea bags, coffee grounds, fruit & veg waste) and don't have much wet waste. If my kitchen container needs cleaning, I rinse it out once in a while.
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They tried collecting bundled plastic bags in Seattle with other recycling, but it didn't work. Bags got loosed and clogged up screens.
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