Comments on: No Plastic Bags at Al-Osra

By: His Sweetheart

His Sweetheart — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:10:50 +0000

That was a great approach but sadly was a temporary one!!

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By: Sopwith

Sopwith — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:57:11 +0000

Sous,
I meant cat shit. I reuse the plastic bags from the supermarkets to collect the cat crap from the cat trays along with the soiled litter. The plastic keeps the smell in when I deposit them in the bin outside. No plastic bag goes un-reused.

Paper wouldn’t work so well as it breaks when it gets damp. A friend was moaning about Al Osra bags last weekend when she bought some frozen food and the condensation caused the paper bag to burst. She was seriously not a happy teddy.

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By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:28:41 +0000

Silver,

The “girls” interviewed were hot! Did your momma teach you no manners?

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By: Sous

Sous — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:28:40 +0000

Nice clip. I love what the boy said in the end . The cats will smell them and die . Wicked! And what about cat poo? Do u mean the litter or the actual crap?

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:50:15 +0000

That was a three day experiment which has now ended. I know that they have gone back to plastic bags – much to their checkout staff’s relief! – but I don’t know the result of the 3 day stint.

I’ll talk to the managers there and get their reaction as a follow-on piece to this. When I have the time!

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By: Yasser

Yasser — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:08:24 +0000

Jawad Supermarkets have also changed their shopping bags. They switched from the normal plastic bags to new biodegradable and recyclable bags.

They also sell the re-usable bags at a very good price, which come in two sizes, small, and extra large !!

Not sure if this paper bag idea is such a good idea afterall, because as mentioned previously – once they’ve been used, they will definitely be binned !!

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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:06:32 +0000

All thats really needed is to start using the domesticated and trained plastic bags which can be readily imported from China. Those bags don’t run away and flutter about all over the neighborhood…………
But as long as the cheaper wild strain of plastic bags are used we will continue to have the problem of human kind keeping them under control…….
Perhaps a switch back to cloth diapers will also illiminate those unsightly deposits alongside the roads and petrol station parking lots as well?
Mike da ugly American

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By: victoria

victoria — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:55:29 +0000

The paper bag is a start but it still involves cutting down trees to produce the paper so why not cloth bags ??.. in Germany this is common practice and if people want to use platic or even paper bags they have to pay extra for them… this does deter wastefulness….even re-using plastic bags is better than throwing them away after one shop.

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By: loki

loki — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:35:02 +0000

A perfectly reasonable and valid question. What indeed?

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By: Sopwith

Sopwith — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:02:47 +0000

But what am I going to put my cat poo in if they get rid of plastic bags ? ? ?

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