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  #1 Lyhne Marcher on 08 Jun 13

   

  I was a stationed in Bangkok, Thailand in the early 1970's. Not always having a number of money, I used to consume food from your local street vendors. Nearly all of my meals were served wrapped in either a banana leaf or yesterday's newspaper. Some foods were even offered off of unclassified military paperwork that has been recovered from the trash.
  
  In these times, every where in Thailand the great majority of street vendors provide food and drink in plastic bags. McDonalds has nothing on this junk food experience.
  
  What you may buy, be it a rice o-r noodle dish, is scooped up in to a plastic bag and then made with a rubber band. This involves drinks and sauces.
  
  Smaller bags of spices and sauces are also offered. You can even get fresh sliced fresh fruit to get in a tiny bag with a skewer to stab each morsel.
  
  Shopping on the roads, areas, and malls will also show one to bags and bags of plastic. It doesnt matter what the size of the piece, it will go in a plastic bag.
  
  I've had numerous occasions where I received a large plastic bag to carry various articles and each subsequent purchase led to a tiny plastic bag being put into the bigger. Despite my objections that the smaller plastic bag was not expected, I was turned away with a smile and a puzzled look.
  
  Needles to say, after a day or two in Thailand, you tend to acquire a stack of plastic bags. I actually do find a way to use a couple of them for dirty laundry or even to keep products separated, but most of the plastic goes straight to the waste. custom garment packaging
  
  I really dont know what the Thai people would do nowadays without plastic bags. They wouldnt know what direction to go, when the tree-hugging environmentalists actually stumbled on Thailand.
  
  Where could they set their sticky rice and beef jerky?
  
  How would suppliers sell coke to go?
  
  How would the DVDs and bootleg pc software be distributed?
  
  How could I get my plate of Thai soup house?
  
  Could they be able to revert right back to banana leaves and yesterday's papers?
  
  I dont think that the Thai people can live without plastic bags. And any attempt o stop the usage would result in disastrous results.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I was a stationed in Bangkok, Thailand in the early 1970's. Not always having a number of money, I used to consume food from your local street vendors. Nearly all of my meals were served wrapped in either a banana leaf or yesterday's newspaper. Some foods were even offered off of unclassified military paperwork that has been recovered from the trash. <br /> <br /> In these times, every where in Thailand the great majority of street vendors provide food and drink in plastic bags. McDonalds has nothing on this junk food experience. <br /> <br /> What you may buy, be it a rice o-r noodle dish, is scooped up in to a plastic bag and then made with a rubber band. This involves drinks and sauces. <br /> <br /> Smaller bags of spices and sauces are also offered. You can even get fresh sliced fresh fruit to get in a tiny bag with a skewer to stab each morsel. <br /> <br /> Shopping on the roads, areas, and malls will also show one to bags and bags of plastic. It doesnt matter what the size of the piece, it will go in a plastic bag. <br /> <br /> I've had numerous occasions where I received a large plastic bag to carry various articles and each subsequent purchase led to a tiny plastic bag being put into the bigger. Despite my objections that the smaller plastic bag was not expected, I was turned away with a smile and a puzzled look. <br /> <br /> Needles to say, after a day or two in Thailand, you tend to acquire a stack of plastic bags. I actually do find a way to use a couple of them for dirty laundry or even to keep products separated, but most of the plastic goes straight to the waste. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.primelinepkg.com/garmentbags.php">custom garment packaging</a> <br /> <br /> I really dont know what the Thai people would do nowadays without plastic bags. They wouldnt know what direction to go, when the tree-hugging environmentalists actually stumbled on Thailand. <br /> <br /> Where could they set their sticky rice and beef jerky? <br /> <br /> How would suppliers sell coke to go? <br /> <br /> How would the DVDs and bootleg pc software be distributed? <br /> <br /> How could I get my plate of Thai soup house? <br /> <br /> Could they be able to revert right back to banana leaves and yesterday's papers? <br /> <br /> I dont think that the Thai people can live without plastic bags. And any attempt o stop the usage would result in disastrous results.</div>

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