SFist: Photo du Jour 33

megang

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:08:32 -0800

Bluecanary, You've been to Idaho to see this for yourself?

daithi

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:37:28 -0800

It takes a little time to change behavior, but it will happen. In Ireland, bringing your canvas bags with you is the norm now, it is interesting to see it evolve.

wsanders

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:24:06 -0800

I know, when I say "I don't need a bag" at Walgreens the checkout agent looks at me like I have bats flying out of my nose - BUT - the Walgreens downstairs DOES have a special trash can for recycling plastic bags. I use it.

leblogexuberance

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:18:17 -0800

Change your behavior. Bring your own bags or carry it out. Death to plastic bags!

aj

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:48:44 -0800

The paper bags are useful for taking out the recycling. But yeah, if the supes thought people would just magically start remembering to bring their own canvas bags every time, they were smoking something.

bluecanary

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:02:58 -0800

What irritates me is when the cashiers automatically start shoving your shit into double-plastic bags when they see you standing right in front of them, waving a canvas bag. Walgreens employees are the WORST. And if this city really wants to be green, they need to ban plastic bags PERIOD. No special exemptions for Chinatown or anyone else. Not that the pink bags decorating the infernal ficus in front of my building aren't completely charming...

sagitta100

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:34:47 -0800

Only the grocery stores have stopped handing out plastic bags. All the small markets still hand out white/pink bags. So does Walgreens, though they will have to stop with the plastic bags this spring. At my local Safeway, hardly anyone bothers to bring their own bags, and they just have everything loaded up into paper bags. And studies have shown that in landfills, paper doesn't degrade. It lasts essentially forever, just like plastic. While the plastic bag law was a step in the right direction, in its current form, it does little to protect the environment. Have you noticed how much cleaner our streets have become? Neither have I.

wsanders

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:39:27 -0800

You better watch it. Those old ladies with the pink bags are fearless. I was on BART once and this fearsome-looking skateboard punk (well, fearsome by Pittsbug-Bay Point line standards) was taking up four seats, and this pink bag totin' old lady came up and swatted him with a newspaper until he gave up a seat for her. And then she sat down next to him. And he behaved himself. Betcha some of em might have gouged a few eyeballs out or worse during the Japanese Occupation.

atthebeach

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:18:54 -0800

Actually, it's the Tiger Balm! And did you mean "no holds barred"?

mariconsoy

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:14:34 -0800

Yes, PPBs [pink plastic bags] have just been banned all over China effective June 08. They recognize how bad they are for all the toxic fish etc that they are raising. "China will ban retailers from giving free plastic shopping bags to consumers starting in June to curb waste and reduce pollution. China’s cabinet, the State Council, calling the excessive use of plastic bags a “serious” waste of resources" NYT They do come in handy at times here- Mostly, I can prepare myself for battle when I see an old woman holding one when she and I are about to board say the 30 or the 9x- especially if she has a cane. There are no holes barred. I eye elbow in defense back from bag or cane smashes, but I still often lose the seat race. How do they gain the sudden strength? Ginseng? Mysterious Chinese mushrooms?

suckafree

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:17:54 -0800

did you guys hear that china is banning plastic bags now too? good stuff!

cablecarsam

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:06:17 -0800

pink bag on way to jam local elevator!

bluecanary

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:18:39 -0800

Not a bad idea, Jameth. But if you want to be a green local, stop by Little City Meats and get one of their new cloth bags. No Idahoans carrying those.

katerose26

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:09:22 -0800

LMAO!!!

manys

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:27:57 -0800

i think i might be the world's tallest pink-bag lady for halloween this year.

jameth

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:53:41 -0800

i always reuse my pink chinatown bags for carrying shit around, like half of a plastic alligator head, etc., just so people know i am a local and not a tourist. i have been spanged probably 10% less.

Brock Keeling

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:25:19 -0800

just a cool photo, imo.

jcsnotes

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:19:51 -0800

I get that but if the point was to make light of the law or compliance with it ("screw landfill reduction"), it would help. If the point was just that it was a cool photo, I'm on board.

Brock Keeling

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:09:11 -0800

photos of the day don't necessarily have to be taken on the day the post is published.

jcsnotes

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:58:49 -0800

I'm a bit confused. This picture appeared in the New York Times almost a year ago. Could we come up with a more current picture to make the point? Uhh, then again, what is the point?

fotopulp

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:53:20 -0800

I love you Brock! LMAO

Akit

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:43:38 -0800

For all we know, there might be some Styrofoam still hiding inside those bags.