Portland, is composed of counties, and one of those counties is Multnomah County. This county is a leader when it comes to rules and regulations relating to the environment. In Multnomah County plastic bags – the grocery store variety – are illegal. So I have discovered, there is an underground market in these bags. They are saved, coveted, swapped, talked about and hoarded. It appears that a certain group of folk have decided they are necessary in their every day life in ways unimaginable before and so they collect these bags as if they are a precious alloy; the bags have become priceless. “Yes”, she said, “We have friends in Washington County who get them for us.” The conversation alone, about the bags is worth the listening.
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What kills me is that even where we still have plastic bags, they are not recyclable! Why won’t recyclers take them? Too hard to process? No money in it? If I get one, I use it to line my compost bucket. They are good for something…