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Less Plastic = Less Good
I used Glad ForceFlex for years. I refused to buy anything else. I'm a creature of habit, and I had no reason to change.
Then a few months ago I ran out and took a trip to the grocery store, where I saw a fancy new "stronger with less plastic" logo on the box.
"How can that be?" I asked the box with wonder.
"It can't," responded the ForceFlex bag, spilling cat litter all over bathroom. "Use some common sense," the bag derided me, as it put some old lasagna on my kitchen floor.
There is no sciency-magic in the new bag that lets it achieve more with less. That only works in movies with spunky little league teams. Glad probably saves a few pennies per box, and then loses my business completely. I switched to Hefty and saved myself a whole lot of heartache.
If you only throw away down feathers and packing peanuts, these bags may be up to the task. If you are a normal human, you might as well just throw your trash onto the floor next to the can, because that's where it is ending up.
March 2014 · Health and Household