tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post6111550293424236551..comments2024-03-24T04:54:49.485-07:00Comments on The Dixie Pig: Plastic Bags & Mt. Vernon's Watersheds **UPDATED**Scott A. Surovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14899160531211393625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-62004202894644195472010-11-22T05:09:19.511-08:002010-11-22T05:09:19.511-08:00Before I dismount my pony...I was just driving dow...Before I dismount my pony...I was just driving down the parkway and as always in fall notice all of the english ivy, honeysuckle, and invasive vines (that were planted by homeowners for groundcover) that have killed and are climbing and suffocating the trees on the parkway. I think the houses who's fence it is climbing over should be charged with the cleanup. Doesn't matter when it was planted. It is coming from their property. It's just tragic what it's done to our landscape. Perhaps we can ban the nurseries, Lowes and Home Depot from carrying them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476128780429418247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-33081883240648346742010-11-22T05:01:01.139-08:002010-11-22T05:01:01.139-08:00http://www.theblaze.com/stories/paper-nor-plastic-...http://www.theblaze.com/stories/paper-nor-plastic-l-a-county-bans-plastic-bags-adds-surcharge-to-paper-ones/<br /><br />Ban plastic and charge not .5, but .10 for paper. :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476128780429418247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-46893994821577924152010-11-18T18:00:23.225-08:002010-11-18T18:00:23.225-08:00I regularly take walks in woods where there are st...I regularly take walks in woods where there are streams, and in addition to plastic bags, bottles, balls, and other trash, they are suffering from algae blooms due to fertlizer runoff from home lawns. Ways to encourage sparing use of fertilizer would do a lot for our stream's health.FatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849210562696162131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287147033560336418.post-1316107196252712492010-11-18T11:16:47.533-08:002010-11-18T11:16:47.533-08:00Having lived and shopped in Europe for several yea...Having lived and shopped in Europe for several years, we were either required to provide our own bags OR pay a fee for plastic bags. Paper bags were not an option. I would like to see incentives to retailers as well as consumers to encourage the use of reusable bags and/or recycling bags by taking them back to the retailer.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597417939524327433noreply@blogger.com