Comments on: Fukuro Irimasen http://www.monzy.com/fukuro-irimasen/ Monzy's web playground Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Netti http://www.monzy.com/fukuro-irimasen/#comment-18138 Netti Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:36:15 +0000 http://www.monzy.com/?p=231#comment-18138 I stay at Kyoto for the next months and I also had this plastic bag experience. However I will start using my linen shopping bag, which is now in their seventh (!) year of service. Since supermarkets have begun charging about 0.20 euro per plastic bags (15 years ago), people in Germany have started using shopping baskets or linen bags again (like decades ago). About recycling in Germany... well, another time... I stay at Kyoto for the next months and I also had this plastic bag experience. However I will start using my linen shopping bag, which is now in their seventh (!) year of service.
Since supermarkets have begun charging about 0.20 euro per plastic bags (15 years ago), people in Germany have started using shopping baskets or linen bags again (like decades ago).
About recycling in Germany… well, another time…

]]> By: Prolific Programmer http://www.monzy.com/fukuro-irimasen/#comment-12986 Prolific Programmer Mon, 28 May 2007 00:53:18 +0000 http://www.monzy.com/?p=231#comment-12986 You should go to Singapore. The place is spotless and sidewalks are treated with antiseptic! You should go to Singapore. The place is spotless and sidewalks are treated with antiseptic!

]]> By: Lisa http://www.monzy.com/fukuro-irimasen/#comment-848 Lisa Sat, 08 Apr 2006 20:43:10 +0000 http://www.monzy.com/?p=231#comment-848 I have a Japanese friend who confirms the truth of this article. She has lived in L.A. for 5 years and has gotten used to the wasteful ways of Americans. She laughed when she told me she returned to Japan to visit family and forgot to bring her finger towel with her when she left the house. She found herself in a public toilet with wet hands searching for the paper towel dispenser. She forget that the Japanese don't provide paper towels in restrooms, people carry their own towels with them, and use them when they wash their hands in public restrooms. Then they wash the towel at home. The ultimate recycling program. We could learn a lot from this culture. I cringe at the waste we Americans indulge in without a thought. My Japanese friend describes how at her home in Japan each item of trash is carefully washed, neatly folded or crushed, and tied in neat bundles with string to be recycled in the proper place. I have a Japanese friend who confirms the truth of this article. She has lived in L.A. for 5 years and has gotten used to the wasteful ways of Americans. She laughed when she told me she returned to Japan to visit family and forgot to bring her finger towel with her when she left the house. She found herself in a public toilet with wet hands searching for the paper towel dispenser. She forget that the Japanese don’t provide paper towels in restrooms, people carry their own towels with them, and use them when they wash their hands in public restrooms. Then they wash the towel at home. The ultimate recycling program. We could learn a lot from this culture. I cringe at the waste we Americans indulge in without a thought. My Japanese friend describes how at her home in Japan each item of trash is carefully washed, neatly folded or crushed, and tied in neat bundles with string to be recycled in the proper place.

]]> By: Eve http://www.monzy.com/fukuro-irimasen/#comment-839 Eve Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:28:38 +0000 http://www.monzy.com/?p=231#comment-839 Well the "My Bag" campaign has really taken off down here in Australia. In pretty well all leading supermarkets you can purchase re-usable bags, which HEAPS of people do (including me!) and the idea has really taken off. Planet Arc introduced the idea. The bags are big and sturdy, and are actually much better than the plastic ones. I'm all for it! http://www.planetark.com/campaignspage.cfm/newsid/59/newsDate/7/story.htm Well the “My Bag” campaign has really taken off down here in Australia.

In pretty well all leading supermarkets you can purchase re-usable bags, which HEAPS of people do (including me!) and the idea has really taken off.

Planet Arc introduced the idea. The bags are big and sturdy, and are actually much better than the plastic ones. I’m all for it!

http://www.planetark.com/campaignspage.cfm/newsid/59/newsDate/7/story.htm

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