Subj : Minced Garlic
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Wed Feb 05 2020 08:39:00


Hi Nancy!

 BM>> From my apartment days I have a pair of metal holders: clip over the
 BM>> side of a trash can and the other holds a plastic grocery sac by its
 BM>> handles: sac lines the trash can and stays in position.  (The trash
 BM>> container is tall, much taller than the smaller version where the
 BM>> trash bag folds over the top.)
 NB>> In CT and NYS, there are recently gone into effect bans on those
 NB>> plastic grocery sacks... none in the stores any more.... Applies also
 NB>> to the retail stores, too...
 BM> Here it's difficult to get the paper sacs.  Well, the full-sized ones;
 BM> the 'lunch bag' sized ones are common.
 NB> Up until recently, the paper grocery bags were available for the
 NB> asking, and kept stocked at the checkout aisles... as of Jan 27,
 NB> when they removed the plastic, they also have started to charge 5
 NB> cents for the paper bags (which is taxable, just like if you were
 NB> purchasing bags from the regular aisles), but are donating that
 NB> nickel to FoodLink, our local food bank... They are pushing for
 NB> people to buy and use the reusable bags (99 cents) instead....
 NB> We've already obtained a large collection of both those and the
 NB> paper bags, which we bring with us when we shop...

Years ago Hy-Vee was would take 5› off per bag if the customer used 
their own reuseable bag.  I don't recall them charging for a bag but I 
do recall shopping and being charged for a bag at other stores. 


 BM> The credit union had a shred event a couple months ago and wanted the
 BM> to-be-shredded items in paper bags, preferably no boxes; we did
 BM> scrounge up from our 'collection' but that's running very low.
 NB> I'd probably have brought items in boxes or reusable bags or
 NB> totes, and just brought the containers back home with me... or
 NB> did one have to just drop off and leave, to be shredded later...?
 NB>  I know I'd rather see the stuff actually be shredded before I
 NB> left... ;)
 
The items to be shredded are dumped into a overgrown trash can on wheels
and when filled the can gets wheeled over to the the shredding truck
(usually about 20-50 feet away - within eyesight).  Can is inserted in
to a 'slot' in the truck and "sucked up" into the shredder.  Probably a
small platform slides out and lifts the can, just looks like the can get
pulled in.

As for seeing one's items actually shredded, no.  In process to be 
shredded, yes.  



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