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**LottiFurmann** · 05-15-2012, 08:13 PM

What is the alternative? Not in sight.

Want to bring sugar, floor etc in paper bags? How do you pack 10 kg of floor in a paper bag? Give me a paper strong enough to hold 5 kg of sugar, I will not not a plasic packing. Give me light weight, break proof glass bottles, I will never touch a PET bottle. Give me a non creaking, no peeling of varnish, light weight chairs, I will go for wooden chairs. Any takers?

For heavy weight cotton bags can be a solution...Most of the malls have started to give only cloth bags...I remember the TUCS bag which in the 60's & 70's for carrying all the provisions home

It also requires lot of education & also good enforcement...But the petty shop keepers, cart wallahs are continuing to pack items in the plastic bags... In India nothing works unless you start imposing penalty...

05-15-2012, 08:13 PM	#17
LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	What is the alternative? Not in sight. Want to bring sugar, floor etc in paper bags? How do you pack 10 kg of floor in a paper bag? Give me a paper strong enough to hold 5 kg of sugar, I will not not a plasic packing. Give me light weight, break proof glass bottles, I will never touch a PET bottle. Give me a non creaking, no peeling of varnish, light weight chairs, I will go for wooden chairs. Any takers? For heavy weight cotton bags can be a solution...Most of the malls have started to give only cloth bags...I remember the TUCS bag which in the 60's & 70's for carrying all the provisions home It also requires lot of education & also good enforcement...But the petty shop keepers, cart wallahs are continuing to pack items in the plastic bags... In India nothing works unless you start imposing penalty...
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