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	<title>Comments on: Grocery Store Bags Being Eliminated</title>
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		<title>By: nina</title>
		<link>http://www.rascodog.com/scoop/grocery-store-bags-being-eliminated/comment-page-1/#comment-63</link>
		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike, thanks for your comment. I&#039;m not entirely convinced that leaving dog poop on the ground is the best way to go for the environment. It carries a lot of parasites that contaminate the soil and water. I agree with your stance on plastic bags- which is why we ask that people use biodegradable bags. You might argue that biodegradable plastics still leave waste, but at this time it is the best option for picking up the poop. So, until as a dog community we discover a better way of disposing of dog poop, I believe this is the best way to go!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike, thanks for your comment. I&#8217;m not entirely convinced that leaving dog poop on the ground is the best way to go for the environment. It carries a lot of parasites that contaminate the soil and water. I agree with your stance on plastic bags- which is why we ask that people use biodegradable bags. You might argue that biodegradable plastics still leave waste, but at this time it is the best option for picking up the poop. So, until as a dog community we discover a better way of disposing of dog poop, I believe this is the best way to go!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As the founder of PILE (People Intent on Leaving Excretement) I would ask you to reconsider your stand on the environmentally unsound practice of &quot;scooping.&quot; 

Millions of tons of plastic bags and paper towels end up in landfills each year. Rather than killing a tree to make paper towels to pickup doo-doo, why not let the dog fertilize that tree nature&#039;s way? Over it&#039;s life time, that same tree will process billions of cubic feet of carbon dioxide emissions and provide beauty, shade and oxygen for all of us. Isn&#039;t that a better idea than killing God&#039;s green gifts and wrapping them around dog turds to moulder for eternity?

For the sake of the environment, we can all watch where we walk. It&#039;s a small price to pay.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the founder of PILE (People Intent on Leaving Excretement) I would ask you to reconsider your stand on the environmentally unsound practice of &#8220;scooping.&#8221; </p>
<p>Millions of tons of plastic bags and paper towels end up in landfills each year. Rather than killing a tree to make paper towels to pickup doo-doo, why not let the dog fertilize that tree nature&#8217;s way? Over it&#8217;s life time, that same tree will process billions of cubic feet of carbon dioxide emissions and provide beauty, shade and oxygen for all of us. Isn&#8217;t that a better idea than killing God&#8217;s green gifts and wrapping them around dog turds to moulder for eternity?</p>
<p>For the sake of the environment, we can all watch where we walk. It&#8217;s a small price to pay.</p>
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		<title>By: Johann</title>
		<link>http://www.rascodog.com/scoop/grocery-store-bags-being-eliminated/comment-page-1/#comment-46</link>
		<dc:creator>Johann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great info! Thanks for linking to our post about what to do with the doo! Lots of options for varying lifestyles :) Woofs, Johann, co-author RaiseAGreenDog.com
.-= Johann&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.raiseagreendog.com/2009/08/reduce-reuse-recycle.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Reduce, reuse, recycle!&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great info! Thanks for linking to our post about what to do with the doo! Lots of options for varying lifestyles <img src='http://www.rascodog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Woofs, Johann, co-author RaiseAGreenDog.com<br />
<span class="cluv"> Johann&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://blog.raiseagreendog.com/2009/08/reduce-reuse-recycle.html" rel="nofollow">Reduce, reuse, recycle!</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://www.rascodog.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Wayan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, now you&#039;re talking.  I like that they are cheaper, but the biodegradable angle doesn&#039;t do anything for me - I know how airtight landfills are.  With the way we currently dispose and compact trash in landfills, biodegradable bags don&#039;t.  Nothing much does.  They are just piles for our grandchildren to mine for resources we wasted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, now you&#8217;re talking.  I like that they are cheaper, but the biodegradable angle doesn&#8217;t do anything for me &#8211; I know how airtight landfills are.  With the way we currently dispose and compact trash in landfills, biodegradable bags don&#8217;t.  Nothing much does.  They are just piles for our grandchildren to mine for resources we wasted.</p>
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		<title>By: nina</title>
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		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wayan, thanks for your comment and concerns.

We recognize that there are quite a few biodegradable bags out their on the market. Our bags were designed specifically so you don&#039;t walk around with a bunch of bags in your pocket or hand and a leash in another. The ReadyBags sit inside the handle of the leash and have a tab on every roll so they pull out easily. 

In terms of cost, a package of 180 bags is only 7.2 cents per bag!! 180 bags will last for months and you won&#039;t have to continually go to the store to buy new bags. The ReadyBags are 5 cents less than your bulk standard plastic from Costco, 18 cents lower than plastic grocery bags that cost 25 cents and much lower than many of the other biodegradable bags out there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wayan, thanks for your comment and concerns.</p>
<p>We recognize that there are quite a few biodegradable bags out their on the market. Our bags were designed specifically so you don&#8217;t walk around with a bunch of bags in your pocket or hand and a leash in another. The ReadyBags sit inside the handle of the leash and have a tab on every roll so they pull out easily. </p>
<p>In terms of cost, a package of 180 bags is only 7.2 cents per bag!! 180 bags will last for months and you won&#8217;t have to continually go to the store to buy new bags. The ReadyBags are 5 cents less than your bulk standard plastic from Costco, 18 cents lower than plastic grocery bags that cost 25 cents and much lower than many of the other biodegradable bags out there.</p>
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		<title>By: Wayan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I too have been wondering what to do here in DC when plastic bags are banned later this year.  I&#039;ve come to rely on Giant bags and the newspaper bags as great poop bags.

Yes, Racsodog bags may be better, but sadly, you&#039;re fighting for attention and money when I&#039;m thinking of much more pressing issues when in line at the store.  That and I have the feeling (no proof yet) that poop bags, like many doggy-specific items, are much more expensive than generic items.  Tennis balls are a great example - crazy overpriced if I buy doggy-centric ones, dirt cheap if I buy regular balls &amp; Taxi Dog doesn&#039;t note a difference.

What&#039;s the cost comparison between Racsodog and a gross of plastic bags at Costco?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I too have been wondering what to do here in DC when plastic bags are banned later this year.  I&#8217;ve come to rely on Giant bags and the newspaper bags as great poop bags.</p>
<p>Yes, Racsodog bags may be better, but sadly, you&#8217;re fighting for attention and money when I&#8217;m thinking of much more pressing issues when in line at the store.  That and I have the feeling (no proof yet) that poop bags, like many doggy-specific items, are much more expensive than generic items.  Tennis balls are a great example &#8211; crazy overpriced if I buy doggy-centric ones, dirt cheap if I buy regular balls &amp; Taxi Dog doesn&#8217;t note a difference.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the cost comparison between Racsodog and a gross of plastic bags at Costco?</p>
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