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enid602

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22. grocery bags

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:36 PM

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I live in Phoenix, which has not outlawed the use of plastics grocery bags. You have to put your garbage in plastic bags, so I put the garbage in the grocery bags.

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What is up with scented garbage bags? [View all] MIButterfly Tuesday OP

Scenting the garbage bag doesn't improve the smell of the garbage. Ocelot II Tuesday #1

Aren't they repulsive ?!! I too bought some by accident. Quakerfriend Tuesday #3

I agree! MIButterfly Tuesday #5

The scents are nauseating. Irish_Dem Tuesday #2

Nasty smell in your kitchen. OMG! That is HILARIOUS! MIButterfly Tuesday #4

I am a meticulous housekeeper Irish_Dem Tuesday #8

I could use a meticulous housekeeper. MIButterfly Tuesday #15

I like to clean house. Irish_Dem Tuesday #16

Good advice. MIButterfly Tuesday #18

Yeah..i associate the smell with garbage..i walk into kitchen "ugh" Demovictory9 Tuesday #6

probably not healthy to breathe either cadoman Tuesday #25

Unlimely A Concern ProfessorGAC Wednesday #30

call me superstitious but if a scent makes me nauseous or gives me headaches I avoid it cadoman 18 hrs ago #34

Superstitious Is An Appropriate Word ProfessorGAC 11 hrs ago #36

My last purchase was scented, not a big fan as who needs more indoor air pollution to deal with. nt ImNotGod Tuesday #7

I hate them. cksmithy Tuesday #9

Oh cksmithy, that is awful. MIButterfly Tuesday #11

Hotels also do it. cksmithy Tuesday #19

The strong odor of cleaning supplies is bad enough. MIButterfly Tuesday #20

Your welcome. cksmithy Tuesday #21

It would not surprise me to learn soldierant Tuesday #24

Thank you KT2000 Tuesday #10

I love them. My kitchen smells like a vanilla-lavender dreamscape. 🪻💐☺️ Polly Hennessey Tuesday #12

The only one I can stomach is 'coffee' scented. BigDemVoter Tuesday #13

I thought this trend was strange too, but I've grown to appreciate them. Mike 03 Tuesday #14

Thank you, Mike 03, for another perspective. MIButterfly Tuesday #17

Put the box out in the sun for a few days womanofthehills Wednesday #29

pro tip from the former caretaker of a dog with megaesophagus Kali Wednesday #31

grocery bags enid602 Tuesday #22

I get them in the dollar store.... but the scent disappears quickly. IcyPeas Tuesday #23

Haaaaaaaaaaate them. nt Drum Tuesday #26

Horrible pattyloutwo Wednesday #27

If they're using a perfume called "Opium," it must be to scare away the rats. no_hypocrisy Wednesday #28

baffling to me Kali Wednesday #32

Just like scented tissues bif Yesterday #33

They remind me of the way i remember bug Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #35