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What did Grandma do?

I realize that I'm rather a fossil, however, I clearly remember the time when plastic garbage bags appeared on the scene.  They were, um, handy--and so neat!  But, honestly folks, millions of North Americans managed to deal with trash without plastic bags.  We shopped without plastic bags.  Newspapers arrived without plastic bags.  We reused paper grocery bags for the dry stuff.  We used galvanized metal cans with lids for the wet stinky stuff.  We used to keep those cans outdoors and carry our stinky garbage out to them daily. And, yes, the trash guys came around with a truck (that smelled rather unpleasantly) and hauled it away.  When we were lucky enough to have a garden or yard, we could compost.  In Philadelphia, the pig farmers from New Jersey came by once a week for the compostable/edible/garbage for pig food.  Maybe municipalities have become part of the problem, now requiring us to bag our trash in plastic.  But I've never checked with mine, and thanks, Umbra, I think I will do just that.On Umbra on trash bags posted 1 year, 8 months ago 21 Responses