PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 10, 2022
Since last winter, I have lined my kitchen garbage with a city trash bag 84 times; 40 of these bags tore, ripped and/or leaked during the installation or removal phase. My findings demand a cease-production order! These bags are complete trash. Under no circumstances are they commensurate with the $3-a-bag price tag. I call on all Mainers to act now. The time has come to express our discontent. Our efforts may one day allow us to live in a city where we can reliably use $3 trash bags on a semi-weekly basis without fear of leaving trails of raw chicken juice and coffee grounds in our wake! ~ Matt Steege, Portland