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I forgot to add - KUDOS to you! (smile).

Only a couple of days ago a friend returned from overseas via Sydney where he had to spend all day waiting for a connecting flight to Nth Qld.
He told me "Mate, you have no idea what world these people down there live in. Youc crack a joke & they just stare at you, ask them a question & they just stare at you. No sense of humour, no conversational skills, socially inept, your'e just so lucky to have escaped this robotic madness". Me thinks he was spot-on.
Reminded me when I went to Melbourne ten years ago, everyone wore black & I jokingly asked where the funearal was, I got those blank looks my friend was talking about. No man, I'm glad I'm still living in a community of people.
And yes, no matter what you & our peacetime war hero might have to say, no-one up here needs counselling because there are no more shopping bags. Ah, real people, there's a lot to said for them !

Up in Maharastra State in India they are world leaders.

"As Maharashtra grapples with the ban on almost all single-use plastic products, questions abound about the efficacy of the state government's move, especially when compared to anti-plastic policies in other states. The authorities' efforts in implementing the ban, and more pressingly, the exact 'Dos and Don'ts' of the much-speculated step are being closely followed as well.The products that are included in the ban — the list of which was first issued by the Devendra Fadnavis-led government in March this year — are: All kinds of plastic bags (both with and without a handle), all plastic or thermocol cutlery such as spoons and plates, non-woven polypropene bags, food containers, plastic packaging and PET and PETE bottles...The exemptions include: Plastic used for medicine packaging, food grade plastic, plastic used for the handling of solid waste, and that used for manufacturing and exporting purposes, along with compostable bags for agriculture.
On 25 June, Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam allowed for the exemption of thermocol for decoration and fish storage.
To ensure adherence to the ban by manufacturers, small businesses and citizens, the government has imposed fines of up to Rs 25,000 and a 3-month sentence for regular offenders, while first and second-time offenders are to be charged Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai has conducted inspections and raids around the city since 23 June, which is when the ban was first imposed."

http://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/maharashtra-plastic-ban-explained-advantages-alternatives-and-the-way-ahead-4612191.html

Bringing your own bags assumes you are just going to the shops to get groceries,
Women in particular, may shop and wander around shopping for two hours and get groceries just before they leave.

Most handbags won’t hold many shopping bags so I guess the answer will be to leave the bags in the car until you finish leisure shopping and then go,out to the car to get
the grocery bags. Not too much of a problem.

The other thing I would query:-is why they had to go to Bali to film tonnes of plastic in the water? Surely if they wanted to prove Australian waters were full of plastic they would have filmed here. Or could they not find so much plastic in Australian waters.
And is the plastic washing up here, coming from,Indonesia and Bali to our north?

I noted that a poster on here said the further north you go in Australia, the more plastic on the beaches. ,Again, coming from Islands to our north?
It also seems to me that Australians are very aware of plastic and how it affects sea creatures, because it has been on,our Tvs and in our newspapers for years.
It is more likely, judging by the horrendous amount of plastic in the ocean in Bali that it is washing down here with the ocean currents.

CHERFUL, glad to see someone coming up with evidence to challenge the tree huggers for a change.
It's not possible to expect correct outcomes if the discussion is contaminated with false information.
As I have always said, now that we know the information is false or untrue, so it is that the whole premise is now in doubt and therefore those pushing the point have just destroyed their case even if there ever was the slightest amount of truth to their agenda, they just blew it.

If the question of where said refuse is coming from is avoided by the corporate media, then you know this whole thing is bs.
One thing the left; or people who push these agendas will never do is argue their topics on merit if they won't hold up under scrutiny.
They will deliberately omit facts if they can get away with it for the sake of an agenda, and try to turn the argument around and attack others character or others right to speak.