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None of them are to my taste… but I don’t live or work there.ParticipantIt’s ok.
None of them are to my taste… but I don’t live or work there.ParticipantNicMM – can you hire your kid’s piano instructor to inspect potential piano’s? That’s what we did. We sent her the craigslist ads – some she could look at the picture and reject outright based on something she saw. She came out with us when we bought the piano in Carmel Valley – she played it, made sure it was in good shape, well tuned, etc.
ParticipantNicMM – can you hire your kid’s piano instructor to inspect potential piano’s? That’s what we did. We sent her the craigslist ads – some she could look at the picture and reject outright based on something she saw. She came out with us when we bought the piano in Carmel Valley – she played it, made sure it was in good shape, well tuned, etc.
ParticipantNicMM – can you hire your kid’s piano instructor to inspect potential piano’s? That’s what we did. We sent her the craigslist ads – some she could look at the picture and reject outright based on something she saw. She came out with us when we bought the piano in Carmel Valley – she played it, made sure it was in good shape, well tuned, etc.
ParticipantNicMM – can you hire your kid’s piano instructor to inspect potential piano’s? That’s what we did. We sent her the craigslist ads – some she could look at the picture and reject outright based on something she saw. She came out with us when we bought the piano in Carmel Valley – she played it, made sure it was in good shape, well tuned, etc.
ParticipantNicMM – can you hire your kid’s piano instructor to inspect potential piano’s? That’s what we did. We sent her the craigslist ads – some she could look at the picture and reject outright based on something she saw. She came out with us when we bought the piano in Carmel Valley – she played it, made sure it was in good shape, well tuned, etc.
Participant[quote=meadandale]Seems to me that buying reusable PLASTIC bags is kind of defeating the purpose of being green. Plastic -> petroleum. Cotton/Hemp -> renewable agricultural product.[/quote]
There are two thoughts on this. If you are reusing (and reusing and reusing…) then you are not depleting resources outside of the initial purchase. Plastic can be incredibly durable – so it can stand up to reuse if manufactured properly. It can also be made from recycled content.
The mantra reduce/reuse/recycle is valid – anything you’re reusing, vs throwing away is limiting the need for future production of that thing.
I have my share of the cotton bags – but don’t tend to use them for shopping because of the flop-over factor. Using coated nylon bags works for me. I’m using bags I purchased years ago. Yes, nylon is made from petroleum, but it is also highly durable and I’m not filling the landfill with the flimsy bags they distribute in grocery stores.
Participant[quote=meadandale]Seems to me that buying reusable PLASTIC bags is kind of defeating the purpose of being green. Plastic -> petroleum. Cotton/Hemp -> renewable agricultural product.[/quote]
There are two thoughts on this. If you are reusing (and reusing and reusing…) then you are not depleting resources outside of the initial purchase. Plastic can be incredibly durable – so it can stand up to reuse if manufactured properly. It can also be made from recycled content.
The mantra reduce/reuse/recycle is valid – anything you’re reusing, vs throwing away is limiting the need for future production of that thing.
I have my share of the cotton bags – but don’t tend to use them for shopping because of the flop-over factor. Using coated nylon bags works for me. I’m using bags I purchased years ago. Yes, nylon is made from petroleum, but it is also highly durable and I’m not filling the landfill with the flimsy bags they distribute in grocery stores.
Participant[quote=meadandale]Seems to me that buying reusable PLASTIC bags is kind of defeating the purpose of being green. Plastic -> petroleum. Cotton/Hemp -> renewable agricultural product.[/quote]
There are two thoughts on this. If you are reusing (and reusing and reusing…) then you are not depleting resources outside of the initial purchase. Plastic can be incredibly durable – so it can stand up to reuse if manufactured properly. It can also be made from recycled content.
The mantra reduce/reuse/recycle is valid – anything you’re reusing, vs throwing away is limiting the need for future production of that thing.
I have my share of the cotton bags – but don’t tend to use them for shopping because of the flop-over factor. Using coated nylon bags works for me. I’m using bags I purchased years ago. Yes, nylon is made from petroleum, but it is also highly durable and I’m not filling the landfill with the flimsy bags they distribute in grocery stores.
Participant[quote=meadandale]Seems to me that buying reusable PLASTIC bags is kind of defeating the purpose of being green. Plastic -> petroleum. Cotton/Hemp -> renewable agricultural product.[/quote]
There are two thoughts on this. If you are reusing (and reusing and reusing…) then you are not depleting resources outside of the initial purchase. Plastic can be incredibly durable – so it can stand up to reuse if manufactured properly. It can also be made from recycled content.
The mantra reduce/reuse/recycle is valid – anything you’re reusing, vs throwing away is limiting the need for future production of that thing.
I have my share of the cotton bags – but don’t tend to use them for shopping because of the flop-over factor. Using coated nylon bags works for me. I’m using bags I purchased years ago. Yes, nylon is made from petroleum, but it is also highly durable and I’m not filling the landfill with the flimsy bags they distribute in grocery stores.
Participant[quote=meadandale]Seems to me that buying reusable PLASTIC bags is kind of defeating the purpose of being green. Plastic -> petroleum. Cotton/Hemp -> renewable agricultural product.[/quote]
There are two thoughts on this. If you are reusing (and reusing and reusing…) then you are not depleting resources outside of the initial purchase. Plastic can be incredibly durable – so it can stand up to reuse if manufactured properly. It can also be made from recycled content.
The mantra reduce/reuse/recycle is valid – anything you’re reusing, vs throwing away is limiting the need for future production of that thing.
I have my share of the cotton bags – but don’t tend to use them for shopping because of the flop-over factor. Using coated nylon bags works for me. I’m using bags I purchased years ago. Yes, nylon is made from petroleum, but it is also highly durable and I’m not filling the landfill with the flimsy bags they distribute in grocery stores.
ParticipantI used to use the cotton bags – but they flop too much. Costco has returned the best reusable bags for sale… they’re blue nylon with red handles – they have a flat bottom when they’re open. They have slots for 4 wine bottles on the side. They are INCREDIBLY strong and can be packed full. Because of the flat bottom and the stiffness of the nylon – they can be put in the back of a car and not flop over, rolling all the contents around the back.
These are NOT to be confused with the awful green costco branded reusable bags… those are too big/unwieldy and have the same floppiness of the cotton bags.
These blue ones are inexpensive. I think it’s 5 bags for $6 or something. I bought 10 of them when they first had them 4 years ago… then they switched out to these oversized green ones that were useless… I recently purchased more blue ones when I saw they had them in stock again.
We use them for groceries, for hauling sporting gear, etc…
[img_assist|nid=13848|title=costcobag|desc=costco bag|link=node|align=left|width=160|height=120][img_assist|nid=13849|title=costcobag2|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=160|height=120]
Oh – and they can be wiped down easily if you’re worried about salmonella… I spray with diluted vinegar and wipe them down.
ParticipantI used to use the cotton bags – but they flop too much. Costco has returned the best reusable bags for sale… they’re blue nylon with red handles – they have a flat bottom when they’re open. They have slots for 4 wine bottles on the side. They are INCREDIBLY strong and can be packed full. Because of the flat bottom and the stiffness of the nylon – they can be put in the back of a car and not flop over, rolling all the contents around the back.
These are NOT to be confused with the awful green costco branded reusable bags… those are too big/unwieldy and have the same floppiness of the cotton bags.
These blue ones are inexpensive. I think it’s 5 bags for $6 or something. I bought 10 of them when they first had them 4 years ago… then they switched out to these oversized green ones that were useless… I recently purchased more blue ones when I saw they had them in stock again.
We use them for groceries, for hauling sporting gear, etc…
[img_assist|nid=13848|title=costcobag|desc=costco bag|link=node|align=left|width=160|height=120][img_assist|nid=13849|title=costcobag2|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=160|height=120]
Oh – and they can be wiped down easily if you’re worried about salmonella… I spray with diluted vinegar and wipe them down.
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