In some places, you have to put all your trash in plastic bags before it will be collected. I know this because I live in one of those places.
Not for most normal people, but there were also allegations that this affects the poor regressively.
The issue I have with it is that it’s a Band-Aid and not a cure.
Did you forget we were on the SDMB? 
Banana oil!
I know for a fact that all SDMB people carry a bag or a backpack, because where else would we all carry the books we’re currently reading?
You can’t tell ME you leave your house without at least one book.
These days the only “book” I leave home with is my kindle…
… but yeah, I still carry it in a bag.
A Kindle counts as a book.
I wish I could get used to them. When I go out I always need one book plus at LEAST one Emergency Backup Book, in case book #1 suddenly proves unsatisfying in the middle of a long subway ride.
Briefly, yes. I know, a rookie mistake.
Actually, I just use my phone. It has a bunch of podcasts on it. I can’t read while I’m in transit; I end up feeling seasick.
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My hometowns (yes, I have several) forbid loose trash in the dumpsters but still want it separated; different towns separate different groups. There will be further separation at the trash treatment plant.
I have a Kindle app on my phone. I can stick it in my pocket.
Used kitty litter.
Paper bag, plain Kraft or waxed; I preferred the waxed myself, gave me all the time I needed to get to the outside trash.
- I’d have to buy those
- I’m dubious they are any less resource intensive than a thin plastic bag.
Also, my bag has to hold up for a week. I use it to line the trash can next to the litter boxes.
I don’t know about resource intensive, but it will break down a lot faster in a landfill than a plastic bag and should have less of an environmental impact.
Since you’re emptying a trash can daily into another trash can, why line it? The can is the liner, is my point. Double containment is where overkill starts. We don’t line outside trash cans, do we?
Even better. If they forget their reusable bags AND
they’re getting more items than they can easily carry without a bag AND
they’re not using food stamps AND
they’re buying something other than “meat, bread, produce, bulk food, and perishable items”
THEN they have to pay a dime! for every bag!
Is it weird that we actually do usually shop at local farmer’s markets when on vacation? Most of them have prepared foods, or Korean Taco Trucks, or both.
We’ve stayed at a few AirBNB’s in the past couple of years and having access to farmer’s markets for groceries is a big plus.
Admittedly, haven’t bought any live chickens yet…
Presumably, if you’re talking about needing to dispose of used kitty litter, you own a cat. For which you need to buy food, toys and, of course, kitty litter (not to mention vet fees). But you’re quibbling over the cost of the bags needed to dispose of the kitty litter?
Things don’t break down in land fills. newspaper is apparently readable decades after. Plastic bags are a problem when they blow into the ocean, and they are ugly stuck on tree branches, but I don’t think they cause any particular problems in land fills.
And no, I’m not emptying the trash can daily, I’m removing waste from the litter box daily, then it sits in a trash can that has a lid until I empty it into the garage trash can. It typically sits about a week next to the litter box.
And yes, I line the outside trash can. I’m required to, in fact. But even if I weren’t, I would line it. Otherwise it would soon stink to high heaven and I’d want to replace the whole trash can. Frequently. Bad enough that it gets a little stinky near trash day. And it doesn’t live “outside”, it lives in my garage and I walk past it frequently.
Why do you think they sell large trash bags?
No, of course not. I didn’t pit the bag ban. But I am facing a bag ban soon, and I’m mildly grumpy because I do expect to end up buying bags to replace the ones I currently get free.
I reuse most of my bags, and I only get new ones from the supermarket when my supply is running low. So I expect to throw away exactly as many bags post ban as now. It’s not a huge deal, but I don’t see many bags littering the streets, and I do use the bags, so the ban will be a minor net negative for me.
We most certainly do; I’ve seen countless lined outside rubbish bins in my travels around Queensland and the rest of Australia.
IME I’ve only ever seen a 32 gallon (or larger) can lined if it’s on a job site, never for a household’s curbside trash. It would have to be thick plastic to hold that much weight when lifted and that would mean whatever is inside couldn’t be expected to break down for even longer.