Plastic Bags

The domestic market for blown film is very small. You should see the hundreds of pallets that are film wrapped daily at our company.. Also all the pallets that are transported on trucks around the country, all plastic wrapped, millions a week, then cut off and dumped!! Michael

I'm really going to begrudge buying plastic bags at some time in the future ... as there are hundreds of uses for the shopping bags besides just throwing them away after getting back from shopping.

Most governments quote the Irish trial a few years ago where plastic bags were banned and their use declined - dah they were banned of course their use went down - however what the trial also found that is normally neglected is that the use of high quality plastic bags substantially increased as people had to buy these to use where shopping bags were used - the result was instead of poor quality plastic going to landfill, it is now high quality that lasts much, much, much longer - end result was more environmental damage than before - however shopping bag did decrease.

Garry

Hi Robin

i have been trying to stock up our supply of incandescant light bulbs too, but have run into a brick wall with each supplier i have been into now not stocking them - includes grocery suppliers and even bunnings. may have to find a few smaller outlets i think - got any spare for sale ;))

go to electrical wholesalers,i bought 4 bulk packs for the outlaws 2 weeks ago for $4.50 per 10 pack.

hi paul - wish i lived near you. $12/pack of 10 here and now none left at wholesalers. i bought last lot at one and other had none left anyway. you should have stockpiled heaps and started a black market up here ;)

Well I for one, lament the loss of my effective, no mess, little yellow fire extinguishers ... whilst container ships continued to leak tons of CFC / flourocarbons whatever ... whilst traipsing around the oceans.

And what are the 'Green Bags' made out of... woven PLASTIC !!

A couple of quotes off the net .......

A CSIRO research scientist, Dr Mike O'Shea, says the green bag's only environmental credential is that it is not the single-use high-density polyethylene plastic bag still given out in most shops and supermarkets.

The green bags, which are made from non-woven polypropylene, are designed to have a relatively long life but they are not designed to break down in the compost heap, he says.

Polypropylene is a byproduct of oil refining, O'Shea says. Produced during the process is propylene gas, which, when put into a reactor, becomes propylene powder. After stabilisers are mixed with the powder, it is placed in an extruder, which produces propylene pellets, which can then be turned into a range of things including car bumper bars and food containers. If the pellets are melted, they can be made into a fibre which can then be made into bags.


Australians are being conned," says The Age newspaper. "Your environmentally friendly green bags are made of plastic - polypropylene is a fossil fuel-based plastic. The bags are also imported from China. So, plastic, non-renewable, doing nothing for our balance of payments and guess what? You're paying for the privilege. Supermarkets are laughing all the way to the bank."

So what do you put in your kitchen tidy?