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7469 nevertell@... Send Email May 25, 2012
2:17 pm
Howdy members, I just wanted to remind y'all that if you're still interested in getting together for a friendly chat about beliefs, challenges, goals, and...
7470 carol gray
carolgray_2000 Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
2:32 pm
Dan & others, thanks for your posting a couple days ago about this issue.  I took a break from Town Meeting postings for a couple days so am just now getting...
7471 D R
nevertell@... Send Email
May 25, 2012
5:09 pm
In light of Los Angeles' recent decision to ban plastic bags and tax paper bags at supermarket checkout lines, perhaps we members should consider approving a...
7472 Alisa
leaveit6 Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
5:28 pm
Hi Dan- When this arm of MassPirg approached the Select Board, we referred them to the Recycling committee (see committees page on Town website). I personally...
7473 Gavin Andresen
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May 25, 2012
5:33 pm
I like this data-driven analysis of the paper versus plastic issue: ...
7474 Jim Wald
citizenwald Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
6:07 pm
Yes, thanks, Gavin. If you hadn't cited the numbers, I would have: they have been around for quite a while and are familiar to those who have looked more...
7475 D R
nevertell@... Send Email
May 25, 2012
6:48 pm
Howdy Gavin, Thanks for the link. I looked for the original source of the data provided within the "factual comparison" chart and found the textbook...
7476 Paige Wilder
lpwilder@... Send Email
May 25, 2012
6:54 pm
Many, "paper" bags are no longer paper. The ones that say "20% duro" contain a formaldehyde linked polymer.... Paige...
7477 Gavin Andresen
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May 25, 2012
7:01 pm
... I didn't make any claims, note my use of the word "might". I agree with Jim Wald's larger point, though: spending time on trivial issues like grocery bags...
7478 D R
nevertell@... Send Email
May 25, 2012
7:10 pm
I appreciate the input, Jim. If we are to craft a policy that is more substance than show, then we shouldn't ignore the environmental impacts of both plastic...
7479 D R
nevertell@... Send Email
May 25, 2012
7:29 pm
Gavin, I regret that you thought I said you made such a claim. The statement applied to anyone who "might" make such a claim. I hope we can agree that...
7480 Burke, Sean & Rita
sean.burkes@... Send Email
May 25, 2012
9:09 pm
Though Ireland has many problems we found this (below) a great idea and of little inconvenience to ourselves when we visit or to all of our friends and...
7481 Citizen Wald
citizenwald Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
9:38 pm
Yes! Exactly the kind of thing I was referring to. Germans do likewise. A small incentive with a big result....
7482 Jim Perot
jperot Offline Send Email
May 25, 2012
10:01 pm
Good idea. Most people who live in North Amherst shop in Hadley since we don't have a real grocery store here. JIm Perot...
7483 Citizen Wald
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May 26, 2012
12:13 am
Hi, Carol. (This also responds to Maurianne's earlier question) I took a bit of a break, too, but during that interval, I also did some checking with Planning...
7484 Hilda and Louis Green...
gravelgertie... Offline Send Email
May 26, 2012
2:40 am
Of course we old folks could try to remember to bring the reusable bags into the store instead of leaving them to decorate the back of the car--if they manage...
7485 robert kusner
robkusner@... Send Email
May 26, 2012
5:36 am
Jim, Are you sure that checkout line wasn't in the New Yorker? ;-) Rob On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Hilda and Louis Greenbaum < ... -- Rob Kusner ...
7486 Mary L Wentworth
mlwentworth@... Send Email
May 26, 2012
1:55 pm
In regard to viruses in bags: you can put the bags in the washing machine. I am always a little suspicious of articles/studies like these. Who paid for them,...
7487 Hilda and Louis Green...
gravelgertie... Offline Send Email
May 26, 2012
2:27 pm
Mary: You bring me back to the "olden days" of living in Paris and Bologna, Italy where I always had my "string bag" in my pocket for daily meal shopping on my...
7488 Mary L Wentworth
mlwentworth@... Send Email
May 26, 2012
3:16 pm
Aha! Another advantage of the string or net bag — it can be stuffed into a pocket or a purse. Thanks for the memory, Hilda. Best to you, Mary ... Aha!...
7489 Alice Swift
acswift@... Send Email
May 26, 2012
6:21 pm
Yes, I have a string bag that was very useful when we lived in England years ago. There they didn't provide bags unless you paid for one. I think charging...
7490 Mary L Wentworth
mlwentworth@... Send Email
May 26, 2012
9:15 pm
I am forwarding Dick’s recent letter since it has to do with the issues we have been discussing. Mary Wentworth ... I am forwarding Dick’s recent letter...
7491 Diana Stein
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May 27, 2012
2:26 am
Good thing reusable bag are washable!...
7492 Maurianne Adams
adams@... Send Email
May 27, 2012
2:57 am
So here's my dilemma: I have a whole collection of string bags that go through my washing cycle, as well as the usual assortment of cloth bags from Zanna and...
7493 Rob Crowner
robcrowner@... Send Email
May 27, 2012
2:06 pm
... Also, keep in mind that the FPC zone is not just the lines on the map. It is also all land within certain distances from existing water ways (25 feet, 50...
7494 nevertell@... Send Email 12:49 am
Howdy Maurianne, You raise a good question. Any levy on bags passed in Town Meeting would only apply to Amherst establishments, so stores like Whole Foods and...
7495 Ruth Hooke
rhooke@... Send Email
1:01 am
Hi all: I'm with Ireland in their levy on plastic bags! Or some kind of warrant article on this matter. I have three washable recyclable bags which I keep in...
7496 robert kusner
robkusner@... Send Email
1:43 am
Slight change of subject: ever consider the amount of petroleum represented by a plastic bag? If you could walk or bike to get your food, rather than drive,...
7497 Alice Swift
acswift@... Send Email
1:59 am
I don't bag my newspapers. I just dump them into the blue box. I only bag loose paper, like envelopes and letters. Alice ... -- acswift@... Alice C....
7498 nevertell@... Send Email 2:23 am
That's a good point, Rob. The amount of energy consumed during the trip from the farms where our food comes to our plates should also be considered. Just today...
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