Comments on: Tilting at plastic bags

By: leftfield

leftfield — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:19:08 +0000

Coming here from Michigan many years ago, I remember when Michigan passed a bottle deposit law. This was about 30 years ago, but I remember that business interests fought it all the way. I also remember that it didn’t take long for the problem of empty bottle litter to be resolved. Seems that even just a nickle out of their pockets was enough to get people to return the bottles. So, if Michigan did this 30 years ago, we should only have to wait about another 70 years for Arizona to catch up.

By: tunkashila

tunkashila — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:25:25 +0000

Didn’t doing the same to glass bottles help the littering problem 50 years ago? If there were refunds to return the bags, I could see a positive impact on the issue.

By: Roger W

Roger W — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:06:55 +0000

What’s wrong with virtual bags? We’ve gotten by since Nov ’08 with virtual leadership.

Why not bags?

By: crazytalk

crazytalk — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:23:13 +0000

Plastic bags should be banned. No bag litter. No bag tax. Going shopping? Bring a bag. Unless the tax is ridiculously high it won’t change peoples’ behavior. The tax is nothing but a government money grab that won’t alleviate the problem. If Mr. Cunningham’s true concern is trash, why not a real solution instead of a new government revenue stream?

By: syed tasneem fazee

syed tasneem fazee — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:48:56 +0000

Ya the only answer is 100% biodgrable fabrics jute and cotton bags if it is been used as grocery bags.
Promote Jute fabrics and GO GREEN

By: Fraser007

Fraser007 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:15:12 +0000

How many trees do we kill if they change to paper bags?

By: Norma Mackey

Norma Mackey — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:35:07 +0000

Good news everyone! Next year, around june I think Tucson will have the facility to recycle plastic bags. A new facility is being built to accomodate more things that can be recycled. So stop your moaning and just recycle in the normal way. Find sometning more worthwhile to moan about, like the lack of jobs and lack of affordable health and dental care around here!

By: penguin

penguin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:04:19 +0000

All Council candidates campaign as ‘business friendly, jobs jobs jobs’. The first significant action Councilman Cunningham takes is to make things more difficult for business.

By: alohapuna

alohapuna — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:24:45 +0000

Plastic bags are a major problem. They not only litter the streets, they wind up all over harming and killing sea life and wildlife throughout the world. People need to accept more personal responsibility. Plastic bags also are only biodegradable under the right conditions. They require light and moisture and even that takes time. Canvas or other types of reusable bags are easy and I have never heard of anyone getting sick from contamination by using them.

By: Fraser007

Fraser007 — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:58:03 +0000

Maybe Council Cunningham’s ward are composed of slobs who dump their bags outside?