<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Or even better, buy a compost container (there are many on <a href="http://Amazon.com" class="">Amazon.com</a>), keep it on your kitchen counter, put all vegetable and plant matter into it (but no weeds), and when full (ish) dump it in a compost bin at Fox Point Community Gardens in from intersection of Power and Gano Streets. There are two bins, one near the north gate and one near the southern most gate. Containers can be dumped from outside the fence. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> No more putting perfectly biodegradable stuff in a plastic bag in the landfill! And fewer needs for plastic bags!<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 26, 2019, at 8:44 PM, Greg Gerritt <<a href="mailto:gerritt@mindspring.com" class="">gerritt@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">I guess we all have to do our share without transferring the cost to someone else. Or use bags that something you buy comes in? I reuse bread bags, washing them between uses so I can reuse them many times before recycling when they develop holes. greg <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="" class="">Madeline Klein <<a href="mailto:madelineklein@verizon.net" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">madelineklein@verizon.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 8:28 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Greg Gerritt <<a href="mailto:gerritt@mindspring.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">gerritt@mindspring.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Summit Neighborhood <<a href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [Summit] no more plastic bags as of October 22<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I love our planet, and try to protect it, but I keep wondering how we’ll throw away goopy garbage. In plastic bags that we buy?<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Sent from my iPhone<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br class="">On Sep 26, 2019, at 7:40 PM, Greg Gerritt <<a href="mailto:gerritt@mindspring.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">gerritt@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);" class=""><br class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Beginning October 22, 2019, retailers in the City of Providence will no longer be providing single-use plastic bags at the point of sale. What can retailers use instead? Reusable bags with stitched handles and/or 100% recycled paper bags. For more information on what type of bags are acceptable to use, visit </span></span><a href="https://facebook.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=707ed9641964cb7cb8cf5e6a3&id=965227f1f9&e=842f70fc4d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 124, 137);" class="">SustainPVD.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""> or call the Mayor’s Center for City Services by dialing 3-1-1. Also- help us </span><a href="https://facebook.us19list-manage.com/track/click?u=707ed9641964cb7cb8cf5e6a3&id=4cf83710e9&e=842f70fc4d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 124, 137);" class="">share this promotional video</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""> to spread the word!</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Summit mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); 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