Reality Check by Dave Whamond for March 21, 2021

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    allen@home  over 3 years ago

    Personally i wish they would do away with plastic bags. They were talking about doing it here but Wal-Mart threw a hissy fit.

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    syzygy47  over 3 years ago

    We’ll be losing plastic bags in this province next year. Disappointing. I never threw away my grocery bags; it became a quick grab grocery bag again, or, once dirty or damaged, a garbage bag.

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    in-dubio-pro-rainbow  over 3 years ago

    Yeah! That’s the PLASTICity of our society…

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    walstib Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Do they still sell wax paper sandwich baggies?

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    Busy Tonight Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The Reality Check is, why complain about plastic bags when every item in the store is wrapped in plastic.

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    Zebrastripes  over 3 years ago

    Do this, no, do that….does anyone know what they’re doing? seems everything is done in excess or not at all! I just do my own thing and to hell with everybody! LOL

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    lv2sew  over 3 years ago

    “19 layers of hermetically sealed plastic”- some comedian said they ought to make prisons out of that stuff.

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I know this sounds callous and selfish but, aside from the pollution aspects of plastics,

    I sometimes think of the party scene where Dustin Hoffman, as the 21 year old Ben in 1967 film ‘The Graduate’, is told by one of his

    father’s guests:

    _Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

    Benjamin: Yes, sir.

    Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

    Benjamin: Yes, I am.

    Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

    Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?

    Mr. McGuire: There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?_

    Darn good advice. It would have behooved the younger Ben or younger any of us to invest in plastics 50 years ago

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Micro-plastic balls, a greater threat to the environment than climate change. There’s no getting rid of the stuff and it’s EVERYWHERE!

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    Radish the wordsmith  over 3 years ago

    He paid for it all with his plastic debit card.

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    Baucuva  over 3 years ago

    They do over package way too many items.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Nailed it!

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    Alberta Oil Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Yup.. society will be using oil for decades.. we are not about to give up on plastic anytime soon. Sure, a token here and there, eliminating plastic bags at the grocery store.. which likely is sponsored by the plastic garbage bag industry.. is not going to do much.

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    rm8ty  over 3 years ago

    As I’ve been saying since the 60’s, the problem with plastic is that it works so well.But obviously we have way overdone the use of plastic.

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    Steverino Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The problem is not nearly so much with plastic as with our throw-away unregulated society. All plastics are not created equal-some are more recyclable than others. In fact, one type of plastic, PLA, made from corn, is biodegradable.

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    DCBakerEsq  over 3 years ago

    Trader Joe’s still won’t let me use my own bags.

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    The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Ralph is now plastic too?

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    paranormal  over 3 years ago

    There’s lots more in the ocean and in sea food…

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    Howard'sMyHero  over 3 years ago

    “Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.”

    —Michel de Montaigne

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    pabsfx-comics  over 3 years ago

    https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-world-is-stuck-with-decades-of-new-plastic-it-can-t-recycle

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    RetFor  over 3 years ago

    And keep in mind, this is coming from npr, which is quite liberal…

    https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/09/711181385/are-plastic-bag-bans-garbage

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    Daeder  over 3 years ago

    A very good point.

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    Stat_man99  over 3 years ago

    Exactly—GREAT cartoon.

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    spkoz2  over 3 years ago

    welcome to the state of Delaware

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    6th Billiard Ball Student  over 3 years ago

    Who could expect any government system that allows cigarettes to be sold to care about the the oceans or soil quality too?

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    Nobody_Important  over 3 years ago

    I’m so old I remember when plastic bags first came out! The cashier would ask if you wanted paper or plastic bags. At least the paper bags we could use as school book covers or recycled.

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    dogday Premium Member over 3 years ago

    And he’ll need a chainsaw to open that package!

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