Uplifting News
Welcome to /c/UpliftingNews (rules), a dedicated space where optimism and positivity converge to bring you the most heartening and inspiring stories from around the world. We strive to curate and share content that lights up your day, invigorates your spirit, and inspires you to spread positivity in your own way. This is a sanctuary for those seeking a break from the incessant negativity and rage (e.g. schadenfreude) often found in today's news cycle. From acts of everyday kindness to large-scale philanthropic efforts, from individual achievements to community triumphs, we bring you news—in text form or otherwise—that gives hope, fosters empathy, and strengthens the belief in humanity's capacity for good, from a quality outlet that does not publish bad copies of copies of copies.
Here in /c/UpliftingNews, we uphold the values of respect, empathy, and inclusivity, fostering a supportive and vibrant community. We encourage you to share your positive news, comment, engage in uplifting conversations, and find solace in the goodness that exists around us. We are more than a news-sharing platform; we are a community built on the power of positivity and the collective desire for a more hopeful world. Remember, your small acts of kindness can be someone else's big ray of hope. Be part of the positivity revolution; share, uplift, inspire!
view the rest of the comments
Can't paper bags be recycled more easily, or even composted?
I get your perspective, and I'm frustrated that I have to buy garbage bags now.
But my household(s) always ended up with more plastic bags than we could reuse. And before the ban, plastic bag litter was far, far more commonplace.
imo, a good middle ground might've been to charge for plastic bags and use that money to fund the cleanup and recycling of plastic bags. But that's more reactive than proactive, and it'd place disproportionate burden on the lower classes who can't take on the higher costs as easily as wealthier people.
you ended up with more plastic bags than you could use because you didn't bring your own bags to the store. it doesn't matter what type of bag it is, it's that you didn't bring it yourself.
yes, the ability to do this leads to more people doing it. but I still think they should have just charged for the plastic bags and let people make the choice to buy more. some people will just always buy them, some people won't. some people like me would have brought their own bags and then bought plastic ones as necessary (reusing them at home). tbh this wouldn't be an issue at all for me if they sold similar bags at the store, but everything is much more heavyweight and expensive. I just want a cheap shitty bag to bag up my dog shit and use as a garbage bag, I don't need something 10 times thicker
in my other comment I do mention that the plastic bag litter is pretty shitty, agreed on that
I didn't bring my old plastic bags to the store because they tended to wear out quickly and not hold up to repeated usage with weight. So they were better suited to being garbage bags in small bins around the home than they were to regular reuse for groceries, in my experience.
As for dog poo, I thought there were special bags for those that are compostable or something? I don't have a dog, so I'm not sure, but I don't think I ever regularly saw people using grocery store bags for that.
there are municipally compostable dog poop bags, but they're the 'single serving' size, at least that is all that I've seen
I need to use a leak proof bag to place my dog poop into the green bin at home for the city to collect it, and I don't pick up my dog's poop from the yard individually, I do batches every few days, which are too large to fit into the single use bags (also would require many of them!). regular grocery store bags were perfect for this