Plastic wastes management is a priority now

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Most of the stores where we are right now (Western US) are charging for plastic bags. We did a curbside pickup order on Sunday, nothing was bagged. They used the reusable bags we keep in the car.

I use well-made insulated bags designed to keep meat dairy and veg cool. I've tried Instacart but they just don't know how to identify quality in meats or produce. Curbside is the same. I did a remote delivery list for Janets in Cab a few times, boy they will send you anything. God knows what's in those bags upon arrival.

 

[NanSanPedro]

I'm glad we still have the old reliable plastic bags here in the DR. Sounds like the USA is taking advantage of gullible people.

 

[slowmo]

My last trip home to Canada from the DR, my usual secondary inspection yielded many used Super Liquors plastic bags. The officer wasn't concerned about bags but he did have a problem with my bag of assorted batteries. It all got sorted out after I explained that sometimes things at hotels and Airbnbs aren't always equipped with live batteries.

 

[Jan]

I could never figure out the nonuse of plastic shopping bags. I use my bags for trash. If you don't use your grocery bags for trash do you buy plastic bags for trash?

Really, I like paper but I have to walk to do most of my shopping. Carrying reusable bags all over is a bit of a hassle. I use a little shopping cart if I'm going to buy a lot but for a quick run with my 2 dogs in tow a plastic bag with handles is good.

And what do people use for dog poo bags? I use the small bags from the Colmado for that.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

I could never figure out the nonuse of plastic shopping bags. I use my bags for trash. If you don't use your grocery bags for trash do you buy plastic bags for trash?

Really, I like paper but I have to walk to do most of my shopping. Carrying reusable bags all over is a bit of a hassle. I use a little shopping cart if I'm going to buy a lot but for a quick run with my 2 dogs in tow a plastic bag with handles is good.

And what do people use for dog poo bags? I use the small bags from the Colmado for that.

You may very well be the only consciousness dog owner in the Dominican. I've yet to see a Dominican or expat on the north coast pick up their dog's waste material.

 

[JD Jones]

I could never figure out the nonuse of plastic shopping bags. I use my bags for trash. If you don't use your grocery bags for trash do you buy plastic bags for trash?

Really, I like paper but I have to walk to do most of my shopping. Carrying reusable bags all over is a bit of a hassle. I use a little shopping cart if I'm going to buy a lot but for a quick run with my 2 dogs in tow a plastic bag with handles is good.

And what do people use for dog poo bags? I use the small bags from the Colmado for that.

Mochila, Jan. I think perhaps you and I are the only persons on this island who doesn't use one.

 

[AlterEgo]

I could never figure out the nonuse of plastic shopping bags. I use my bags for trash. If you don't use your grocery bags for trash do you buy plastic bags for trash?

Really, I like paper but I have to walk to do most of my shopping. Carrying reusable bags all over is a bit of a hassle. I use a little shopping cart if I'm going to buy a lot but for a quick run with my 2 dogs in tow a plastic bag with handles is good.

And what do people use for dog poo bags? I use the small bags from the Colmado for that.

It took us quite awhile to get used to no plastic bags. We used the plastic supermarket bags for poop bags too. Now we have to buy “poop bags”. The only bags in stores are the flimsy ones in the produce department. The poop bags sold here aren’t much thicker than those, and are small if you have a big dog. Our rottie is 130 pounds.(she was born at our DR house)

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Mochila, Jan. I think perhaps you and I are the only persons on this island who doesn't use one.

What does that mean? You say people are using backpacks for dog poo?

 

[Jan]

You may very well be the only consciousness dog owner in the Dominican. I've yet to see a Dominican or expat on the north coast pick up their dog's waste material.

Most of my friends with dogs pick up the poo if it's on the sidewalk or public places. All are Dominicans.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Most of my friends with dogs pick up the poo if it's on the sidewalk or public places. All are Dominicans.

Good to hear, as the expats on Cab beach tend to let their dogs bury their little treasures in the sand!

 

[RG84]

The agency in the CNN video would come out eery Saturday morning and clean all the trash that washed up. Lately they haven't been coming out, Still the problem is all the trash that is thrown in the Ozama river. They need to start there first, not done the line. BTW this is where the body washed up yesterday

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

The agency in the CNN video would come out eery Saturday morning and clean all the trash that washed up. Lately they haven't been coming out, Still the problem is all the trash that is thrown in the Ozama river. They need to start there first, not done the line. BTW this is where the body washed up yesterday

Don't they have that funny looking boat cruising the Ozama? Isn't it supposed to be cleaning the river?

“El Interceptor” ha sacado 220 toneladas de basura del río Ozama

El río Ozama encabeza la lista de los ríos más contaminantes y está también entre los responsables del 85% de los plásticos que llegan a los océanos.

listindiario.com

 

[josh2203]

I could never figure out the nonuse of plastic shopping bags. I use my bags for trash. If you don't use your grocery bags for trash do you buy plastic bags for trash?

Really, I like paper but I have to walk to do most of my shopping. Carrying reusable bags all over is a bit of a hassle. I use a little shopping cart if I'm going to buy a lot but for a quick run with my 2 dogs in tow a plastic bag with handles is good.

And what do people use for dog poo bags? I use the small bags from the Colmado for that.

Being Scandinavian, nonuse of grocery store plastic bags is something I'm used to even from around 25 years ago. Obviously, since a few years it's illegal to even sell those plastic bags, but even my parents used reusable bags... Granted, I realize Jan's point of doing the shopping on foot is not the same as going with the car, so carrying empty bags all over the place is not that pleasant. Been there done that...

Still:

1. Shopping bags: reusable sturdy plastic bags with like fiber in them. Like so:

Keine faire Produktion von Kleidern: Lidl muss Werbung zurückziehen

Es klang zu schön, um wahr zu sein: Der Discounter Lidl warb damit, Kleidung aus fairer Produktion zu verkaufen. Nach einer Klage von Verbraucherschützern muss das Unternehmen die Reklame nun zurückziehen.

www.spiegel.de

2. Waste management: For mixed waste, these bags: https://www.lidl.at/p/muellbeutel/p10019329

What's the difference compared to traditional plastic shopping bag? Less plastic (it's thinner, yet not useless with garbage like the old Sirena bags for example), larger size and properly closable. The cost for a smaller bag around 3 EUR cents.

Food waste: no bag at all or a compostable bag or old newspaper
Dog poop: Poop bags. Compostable

I appreciate the latter two are not that common in the DR not that many people (?) use compost, but thought to mention...

Our old neighbor in POP purchased these huge garbage bags from PriceSmart, very smart move, it looked very nice. White, non-transparent, closable and with a light scent.

Disclaimer: While I hate the bags from Jumbo and Sirena, the bags from the Jose Luis supermarket in POP have in fact always been of excellent quality. Those we have used for garbage as well. They are thick and large, no trash would destroy them.

 

[Jan]

Don't they have that funny looking boat cruising the Ozama? Isn't it supposed to be cleaning the river?

“El Interceptor” ha sacado 220 toneladas de basura del río Ozama

El río Ozama encabeza la lista de los ríos más contaminantes y está también entre los responsables del 85% de los plásticos que llegan a los océanos.

listindiario.com

When it rains you can see all the trash flowing down Rio Ozama into the sea. So sad.

The Interseptor Boat sits next to Puente Flotante. I have not seen it move much lately.

 

[josh2203]

The Interseptor Boat sits next to Puente Flotante. I have not seen it move much lately.

That's what I expected... I recall all the drama and theater in the newspapers when it was new and was brought to service, but appears that the responsible people lose interest in stuff rather quickly... Nothing new there...

 

[Gadfly]

Carrying reusable PLASTIC bags is easy. They fold into tiny pocket sizes. Fold, push the air out, put in pocket.

 

[JLSawmam]

And then you're ready for when it rains too! I know we've all seen ladies protecting their hair with the bright yellow Sirena bags

 

[reilleyp]

Most of your meat, cheese, cereal, laundry detergent, produce, Milk, frozen veggies, etc. etc. etc. are all wrapped in plastic, even your canned goods have a thin layer of plastic coating on the inside of the can. Denying me a plastic bag at the end of the process is just pretending to solve a bigger problem.

 

[NanSanPedro]

And then you're ready for when it rains too! I know we've all seen ladies protecting their hair with the bright yellow Sirena bags

I saw a bald guy do that today. Funny as shit.

 

[lifeisgreat]

Canada has a ban on plastic bags at check out and importation of them last 1.5 yrs , it was a pita at first but you get used to it.. funny watch a few people refusing to buy reusable juggling stuff to car