In parts of Manila plastic bags are totally banned. I know there are more places but my experience is from Antipolo in the hills north west of Manila. Shops have adapted by simply providing paper bags which for some items like fresh meats is inconvenient but generally a great idea. It hasn't made the place any cleaner just less plastic bags in the litter.


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The fresh meat can be wrapped up in "poly slap" and then placed in a paper bag, and then we wont
have to breathe the cancerous smoke from burning plastic.

 

Sorry but that would be too easy and I reckon the only slap would be the one we get for asking for something they have never heard of Oooops sorry but Common sense just ain't going to come, in MHO

Jack

 

Hmm, interesting read but it lacks the identification of the one and only reason for the pollution as described: Mentality!! Before anyone starts pointing fingers at crooked politicians and money-grabbing CEO's of garbage collection companies: This mentality issue is not limited to the countries identified as the major polluters - I have witnessed the decline in taking responsibility for your own environment in my own country (the industrialised, well organised and educated Western Europe) over the years. In the 'old' days, my home country was known for its cleanliness - people would sweep and scrub the sidewalk in front of their house very regularly, but nowadays even turning around to drop an empty plastic coke bottle in the garbage bin next to you is too much to ask. Just drop it where you stand, why make an @ss of yourself in front of your peers, right? I'm afraid I'm going to point fingers, though! It has ALL to do with the way kids are brought up, so I am pointing fingers at parents, schools and other professionals responsible for the education of youngsters. If a person is not thought from an early age on, it will take an enormous effort to change habits mid-term and we are faced with the consequences of this incompetent education very regularly. Granted, it's easy for me to say this as we don't have any offspring ourselves (at least not that I know of), so I have not been faced with the task of raising youngsters and educating them. However, I remember very well how my parents brought me up and I still look around to find a garbage bin if I want to dispose of a piece of paper or empty bottle. If there's nothing around I keep the trash with me until I can properly dispose of it, not drop it and walk on. Now to the plastic bags here: I'm glad we still get them! We use the old bags daily to collect our garbage and when it's full, place it in the collection bin for the property owner to dispose of (How and where he/she does that I am not familiar with). We do not have a garbage collection system here, so without the plastic bags we would have a ton of rubbish with hundreds of rats, cats and other vermin in the vicinity. So, until a proper and regular garbage collection system is available, we will need those darned plastic bags. But, we do not just throw empty plastic bags, bottles, paper or other trash on the side of the road, like other seem to do/prefer. Just my two-cents worth guys....

 

I'm an old boy now , I started work in 1963 in South London as a fishmonger . We wrapped in grease proof paper and newspaper. All shoppers supplied there own trolleys ( wicker baskets on wheels ) or shopping bags . We supplied paper carrier bags ( advertising Broadway Fisheries printed on the sides ) at 1p each .
Then came the supermarkets, they're the ones started the whole sorry episodes of plastic packing and free carrier bags.
They and they alone are responsible for the present situation , now they have the brass balls to charge for plastic bags , weak government policy allows this irony to proceed .

 

Junob Has a collection Every Saturday from your Gate or a Designated Area if not on the Baringay Road. We Purchase from either the Driver or one of the Tanods a Book of 10 Self adhesive green coloured Strips that are put on the Bag, 10 peso per Large 50 kg size or 2 at Concrete size bags.

nb. Junob has the Distinction of being Top Performer ( Well 2014 anyway) on Waste Disposal in Dumaguete and earns a Good Revenue for Selling that waste to the Company that uses it to make the Fuel Bricks for Furnaces. Of course it is still a fairly waste Ridden Area but much is done to Remove the bulk. I am sure that if Others Baringays were to realize that "Where there is Muck, [Trash] there is Money, to be made" we might all see a Different Story.
Jack ( Notice it is a Paper bag)
Just doing my bit for the Environment