More than just plastic bags

Re: “Common sense on plastic bags,”

July 10 letter to the editor

The letter writer’s comment was spot on. However, I would like to add a couple of things: plastic bags aren’t even a drop in the bucket compared to all the plastic being used for packing/packaging the stuff that the anti-plastic bag crowd is buying online.

If the governor worked in retail and had to pack some of the bacteria-laden, leaking meat packages into don’t-knowwhere-its-been or what-it-carried personal bags that came through my checkstand, he would think twice about signing the plastic bag fee into law.

Susan Quinn, Golden

A letter writer states it’s not common sense to charge poor grocery shoppers for plastic bags to carry out their goods. He blames leftist politics for this. But shouldn’t the manufacture of the bags be banned? That gets to the root of the problem, plastics existing in the environment. No fees necessary because plastic bags would no longer be created. That solution seems to have been ignored by the right because millions of dollars are being made by plastic manufacturers.

The environment is in crisis and demanding extreme action be taken on plastics. Until the manufacture of degradable plastics that are environmentally safe, laws should be passed in Congress banning the manufacturer of non-recyclable plastics except for medical, transportation, housing and military needs.

Susan Altenhofen, Fort Collins