Dear Editor,
Some 15 years ago, the paper bag was the container used in our supermarkets. To my memory, in those days our gullies were not as inundated with garbage pressure as they now are. And our slack practice of dumping our garbage has got worse.
With paper bags, as soon as it gets wet, its useful life 'died'. But it did not become bad waste.
However, we would now have to make them stronger to carry a weight of 25 lbs and with handles. The materials that is now used by some shopping clubs is strong and attractive. Let us multiply its manufacturing and make it even stronger.
It is extremely helpful as we all go to the market with them. I do recall that crocus bag in the same bag size is very sturdy and helpful when you go to the market. Again, we need a strong bag that will hold the weight.
We are suffering from the indiscriminate dumping of our plastic/lada/scandal bags in our gutters and gullies. Bring back proper bags.
Restart the making of strong papers bags and thereby eliminate potential flooding of our gullies and destruction of our beaches and sea life.
Hugh Innis
Montego Bay, St James
cybermore.cafe@gmail.com
Bring back paper bags
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Some 15 years ago, the paper bag was the container used in our supermarkets. To my memory, in those days our gullies were not as inundated with garbage pressure as they now are. And our slack practice of dumping our garbage has got worse.
With paper bags, as soon as it gets wet, its useful life 'died'. But it did not become bad waste.
However, we would now have to make them stronger to carry a weight of 25 lbs and with handles. The materials that is now used by some shopping clubs is strong and attractive. Let us multiply its manufacturing and make it even stronger.
It is extremely helpful as we all go to the market with them. I do recall that crocus bag in the same bag size is very sturdy and helpful when you go to the market. Again, we need a strong bag that will hold the weight.
We are suffering from the indiscriminate dumping of our plastic/lada/scandal bags in our gutters and gullies. Bring back proper bags.
Restart the making of strong papers bags and thereby eliminate potential flooding of our gullies and destruction of our beaches and sea life.
Hugh Innis
Montego Bay, St James
cybermore.cafe@gmail.com
Bring back paper bags
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