Posted by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood, on Mar 7, 2012 at 12:15 pm

Utopia is just a reusable bag away.

Posted by REALITYBITES, a resident of another community, on Mar 7, 2012 at 12:59 pm

What a wondrous sacrifice and not having to find yet another floating plastic bag mess that was discovered in the ocean shown on CBS Sunday which apparently is as vast as the state of Texas.

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Posted by REALITYBITES, a resident of another community, on Mar 7, 2012 at 1:04 pm

Before anyone dismisses the above or has it removed, I found it today in Forbes online.............not some tabloid.

Posted by Michelle Daher, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Mar 7, 2012 at 1:44 pm

Article failed to mention that the City of East Palo Alto also joined this effort on February 21, 2012.

Posted by Some Guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Mar 7, 2012 at 4:04 pm

Ahh, the great pacific garbage patch.

How do you know it actually exists? Cause you saw a photo of some guy rowing a boat through a bunch of crap in the water?

Evidently, you can't see it in satellite photos because "Despite its size and density, the patch is not visible from satellite photography, since it consists primarily of suspended particulates in the upper water column." (From Wikipedia).

Yet it's not to hard to find pictures like this attached to it: Web Link

I'm sorry, but the scene in that picture, is visible from space. It just is. Browse google earth, it is visible from space.

I know, I know, the satellite images have a higher resolution for land, they don't use as high of resolution for oceans. If it's the size of Texas, you shouldn't need really high resolution. You should be able to see some weird coloration at least. Or, why hasn't any new, higher resolution images been produced?

So, does it actually exist? Or is it propaganda?

Posted by gunste, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood, on Mar 7, 2012 at 4:15 pm

The plastic bag ban is required because a lot of people are very irresponsible with them. We use them for garbage can liners and recycle to excess. - In the absence of plastic bags from stores, which we get when we have more than the reusable can hold, we shall have to buy plastic bags for use in the garbage can.

The ban will not discipline irresponsible user who clutterup the environment.

Posted by Local Neighbor, a resident of another community, on Mar 7, 2012 at 4:41 pm

An article in the Cupertino Courier explains the dangers of banning plastic bags: Web Link

Posted by R.GORDON, a resident of another community, on Mar 11, 2012 at 1:26 pm

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Posted by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood, on Mar 11, 2012 at 6:54 pm

Mr. Gordon:

you clearly do not understand the cause of tsunamis if you think garbage settling to the ocean floor is a cause.

Oh, and editor, once again R Gordon posts under the pseudonym "realitybites."

Posted by R.Gordon, a resident of another community, on Mar 12, 2012 at 9:58 am

If the editor did not remove every web link of mine, Menlo Bowler might get an idea how they relate to tsunamis and the Japanese earthquake just might have something to do with your total absence of credulity.

TO THE EDITOR.........How will we know if Woodside abides by the ruling of no plastic bags? They do tend to violate a lot of rules as it is. I will be happy to list them for you.