At a press conference at City Hall this afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg explained, “For years, the problem was regular plastic bags from grocery stores and bodegas. They were littering our streets, filling our landfills. We started a mandatory recycling program at stores and implemented a 5-cent refund for customers. We’ve had great success in those measures.”

He continued, “I could have never anticipated the tote bag craze, but now businesses are giving away or selling them for next to nothing. And I mean everyone from Trader Joe’s to The New Yorker to Carnival Cruise Lines to the public schools. Have you walked down the street lately? There are billboards everywhere, but they’re on sustainable, organic canvas. It’s an epidemic. What happened to mugs and magnets?”

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If I go shopping at a mall, would they let me take my clothes in a tote instead of plastic bags?

You Don't Know Me™ asked: i differentiate the grocery store lets my mom do that, but how about when i go out shopping? would they let me take the clothes with me in my tote insead of getting so many plastic bags from several stores?
and would that be considered recycling? if not, then what is it called when you do this?

ComplicatedConundrum answered: I've never seen it, but it patently should be allowed. Just be ready for someone to inspect your bag entering the store.

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Is it possible to make a plastic tote bag without crocheting?

tapgurl4ever asked: Every website I go to I always see that I extremity a crochet hook but I don't have one. I also don't know how to crochet. Is there a way to make a tote bag out of plastic shopping bags without crocheting it??

Saiyuki_Anyone? answered: I found a plot where you can easily make a bag out of plastic shopping bags.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/06 /allow to pass_a_messenger_bag_out_1.html
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