No plastic bags crisis to hit Pattaya streets!

[ferguston]

https://m.facebook.com/bbccomedy/videos/2316724685023950/

Will this happen ?

[Don Mega]

Another plastic bag thread .................. seriously ?

[URMySunshine]

All's good at Mr DIY a Tukcom !

[johng]

6 minutes ago, URMySunshine said:

All's good at Mr DIY a Tukcom !

So they are still giving out bags then ?  ????

[brokenbone]

15 minutes ago, johng said:

So they are still giving out bags then ?  ????

shhhhhhhhh

[EVENKEEL]

Mega Mart is charging 1 bht for a bag.

[TaaSaparot]

21 hours ago, URMySunshine said:

All's good at Mr DIY a Tukcom !

All good at 7-11 as well.

[TaaSaparot]

Watsons, no bags of any sort, free or otherwise, nada.

 

LOL

[Oink]

Why cant they give us paper bags.

[CHdiver]

1 hour ago, Oink said:

Why cant they give us paper bags.

You could even get the bag a second life with ugly Girls ????

[balo]

10 hours ago, Oink said:

Why cant they give us paper bags.

Because we (insert environmental xxxx) want to save the forests. Bags made of paper are not the final solution. 

   

Edited January 3, 2020 by balo

[jacko45k]

On 1/3/2020 at 9:06 AM, TaaSaparot said:

All good at 7-11 as well.

I hear they have simply taken any identifying marks off, ie plain bags.

[TaaSaparot]

39 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I hear they have simply taken any identifying marks off, ie plain bags.

Been plain bags for several weeks now.

[URMySunshine]

On 1/2/2020 at 12:06 PM, brokenbone said:

shhhhhhhhh

yup - the best cheapest shop selling cheap stuff in Thailand. 

[URMySunshine]

3 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

Been plain bags for several weeks now.

these are under the table bags. Tesco is a greenie spoilsport though. 

[Leaver]

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I hear they have simply taken any identifying marks off, ie plain bags.

Yes, they have. 

 

Apparently, it was the paint on their logo that was harmful to the environment, not the plastic.  Continue on as normal.  ????

[TaaSaparot]

8 hours ago, URMySunshine said:

these are under the table bags.

Not exactly under the table, 7-11 official policy now is, if the Customer requests a bag they get one.

[Chivas]

Give out Bags but charge 20 baht a time at which point people swiftly learn

[Mapguy]

The world managed to get along for eons without single-use plastic bags, a very recent technological development.

 

There are reusable, compostable, recyclable paper bags. Not good for all purposes, but usable for many.  For some information try: www.sfiprogram.org.  (Seems I saw a 7/Eleven model somewhere.)

 

While there was some warning of the change --- which is environmentally sound (and why not plastic straws and cups, etc, as well?) --- there doesn't seem to have been much government action to stimulate timely development and marketing of alternatives.

 

By the way, paper bags are made of soft wood which is not a problem environmentally.  It is HARD woods, which take much longer to mature, that are really scarce. Last I checked, more softwood was being planted than actually needed (in a worldwide sense; local shortages obviously still a problem in some areas).

 

Strong paper bags are excellent for many, many uses albeit not for coconut milk, but cups developed from wood pulp would be.  Also, waxed-coated paper can be used for many thing, such as wrapping fish or meats.

 

Another common and egregious use of plastic is in milk and other drink containers in which there have been perfectly satisfactory alternatives previously made out of, for example, waxed paper cartons, or glass.

 

Now, why didn't the government do a better job working with manufacturers and food and drink producers first ?!  (That ought to stimulate a few posts! 

 

 

[TaaSaparot]

11 hours ago, Mapguy said:

Now, why didn't the government do a better job working with manufacturers and food and drink producers first ?!   

Because its easier to target the consumer.

[TaaSaparot]

How many uses do I need out of my reusable (alternative to plastic) bag before it is more environmental friendlier?

[ThaiBunny]

11 hours ago, Mapguy said:

Now, why didn't the government do a better job working with manufacturers and food and drink producers first ?!

For exactly the same reason that we have a recycling industry that doesn't actually work. The whole concept of recycling - and forcing it on the end users - was invented by the plastics industry to deflect the most obvious solution - governments forcing plastics manufacturers to clean up their own mess. It's worked like a dream. "Keep America Beautiful" was a creation of the plastics and paper industries - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-1970s-created-recycling-we-know-it-180967179/

[brokenbone]

On 1/4/2020 at 4:38 AM, balo said:

Because we (insert environmental xxxx) want to save the forests. Bags made of paper are not the final solution. 

   

we can look forward to a doubling of wood production,

it may well be fully doable

[brokenbone]

12 hours ago, Chivas said:

Give out Bags but charge 20 baht a time at which point people swiftly learn

how do i learn to carry out the trash without bags ?

[Guderian]

The era pf paper condoms is fast approaching.

[Don Mega]

8 minutes ago, Guderian said:

The era pf paper condoms is fast approaching.

Just wack a rubber band round the bell end.

[brokenbone]

39 minutes ago, Guderian said:

The era pf paper condoms is fast approaching.

nah, back in the good ole day they would use intestines

as condom, that way we get more use of lifestock, soi dogs etc,

i personally are in favor of a full ban of condoms

[ivor bigun]

Went to the market yesterday ,they have not heard about no plastic bags .

[Don Mega]

Big fortnightly buy up at foodland today, 2 shopping trolly worth.

 

No bags but the cashier did offer for me to buy some.... she looked really confused when I said they were not needed.

[vogie]

My local 7/11 here near Pattaya double bagged my beer last night.