Plastic Produce Bags To Remain Free At The Park Slope Food Coop
On Tuesday night members of the Park Slope Food Coop gathered (for the second time — the first time, the space was too small to accommodate everyone) to vote on whether they should charge 20 cents per roll bag, aka the ones used for produce (plastic shopping bags have already been banned there). The vote tally was 263 for and 354 against, so the bags will stay in place, for free, for now.
If you’re a member and you didn’t make the epic three-hour meeting but you’d like to know what happened — or, if you’re just a fan of the spectacle that can sometimes be the Coop — member Miriam Krule live-tweeted the entire thing, and has a great recap on Slate. Some highlights:
Trying to figure out if the Open Forum is the appropriate time for me to bring up the missing hyphen #coopbagmeeting pic.twitter.com/Sri2wxvjsG
— Miriam Krule (@miriamkrule) February 25, 2014
Old man asks why paying 20 cents is more ecological (sic?) #coopbagmeeting timid applause (at least from the guy behind me)
— Miriam Krule (@miriamkrule) February 26, 2014
"What we have here is a failure to communicate" this meeting could use some more Cool Hand Luke quotes #coopbagmeeting
— Miriam Krule (@miriamkrule) February 26, 2014
"We have to redo vote … No one used No. 2 pencils" gasps than laughter #coopbagmeeting
— Miriam Krule (@miriamkrule) February 26, 2014
After all that, though, perhaps the minority had a little something to say about it this morning:
Day after on the ground #coopbagmeeting reporting: there are no bags (in the bread section) pic.twitter.com/pKEXLcI7hi
— Miriam Krule (@miriamkrule) February 26, 2014
Anyone else go to last night’s meeting? What are your thoughts on the need for plastic produce bags at the Coop?
And as for non-members: Do you think more grocery stores should ban plastic shopping bags, which is something our Councilmember Brad Lander supports?