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Bung
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  #3353335 12-Mar-2025 23:21
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nitro:

 

i understand the push for this change, but as an example new world was already providing biodegradable plastic bags at checkout before... and now that they aren't, we're having to buy biodegradable plastic bin liners. 

 

 

For most people whose rubbish goes to landfill these bags just add to methane production. The NW bags weren't able to go into soft plastic recycling either.

 

 




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  #3353449 13-Mar-2025 12:44
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nitro:

i understand the push for this change



I don't, except as propaganda. IMO it's overseas ideas being forced on us. In New Zealand plastic bags were not a problem. Firstly we don't discard them in outside rubbish (this problem overseas has to be seen to be believed, even in wealthy countries) and our landfills are well managed. Secondly, the resource usage was minimal, especially given their reuse.




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  #3354483 17-Mar-2025 07:57
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mattwnz:

 

I find that bin liners almost always leak as they are made from such a thin plastic. So always end up with bin juice, which isn’t something I noticed with reusing supermarket bags

 

 

mmm bin juice... 





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  #3354491 17-Mar-2025 08:36
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BTW, if you want to save $2 on a pack of the yellow WCC bags, get them from the Council office (if passing by), rather than supermarket.


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  #3354494 17-Mar-2025 09:05
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Bung:

 

For most people whose rubbish goes to landfill these bags just add to methane production. The NW bags weren't able to go into soft plastic recycling either.

 

 

i know the NW bags don't last over 2 years without disintegrating, even in my kitchen drawer.

 

are the rubbish bin liner we now buy any better? never stored them for any long period - just bought a pack at a time.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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