The Bag Snaggers

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10 жыл бұрын

Who saves New York City's trees from the menace of plastic bags? Meet the bag snaggers of the Bette Midler-founded New York Restoration Project. A short film by Aaron Reiss and Jamie Hefetz.

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@BradfordGuy 10 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Looks like a "real" pain in the neck for the workers though. Even though I live in Phoenix AZ. I can honestly say - thank you folks for helping to keep America beautiful!

@missmagnoliabird 10 жыл бұрын

I love you for doing this! Heros, I agree.

@salemthegoddess 10 жыл бұрын

ah yes, what a lovely way to capture the native bird of El Paso, TX!

@quiladora 10 жыл бұрын

I think this is beautiful. I would be proud to have this job

@neil340 10 жыл бұрын

Heroes!

@Albert_Sierra 10 жыл бұрын

I want my country to have workers like them, and also the world

@graces2024 10 жыл бұрын

this is amazing.

@michaelwtapp 10 жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for the GoPro on the bag snagging wang shot.

@akridged 10 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, this is not just a NYC problem. I wish these "bag snaggers" would come to DC. We have a lot of trees that frequently have blow-away bags and other garbage tangled in their branches.

@treehugger4610 10 жыл бұрын

I believe the bag snagger tool is available everywhere. I found them here at www.bagsnaggers.com. You could contact your local DPW or environmental group about getting them.

@urbanphoenix09 10 жыл бұрын

That seems like a great way to employ people in NYC! I don't get how it's "whimsical" though haha

@WolfLover2019 3 жыл бұрын

yay

@sookiesauter1844 10 жыл бұрын

This is an elaborate solution to an easily solvable problem. I live in the San Francisco Bay area where last year almost every county banned plastic bags from retailers. The policy went into effect rather seamlessly. Everybody now either has their own non-disposable bag (many of which are really cute) or they pay 10 cents for a paper bag. No tree bags. No need for an entire department to get rid of tree bags.

@athenalong 10 жыл бұрын

the personality/sensibilities of SF and NYC are wayyyyy different.

@tomweaver95 10 жыл бұрын

i once read a book i got from the library about the author's time living in new york, and he did this with his friend. for some reason i'm under the impression that the guy who wrote the book invented this job/past time, and did it for fun (for want of a better word, not really fun) but then again maybe i'm wrong. have been looking for the name of the book for ages, i reckon its got quite a non-specific title (probably with the words new york in it) and i can't remember it for the life of me. please if someone reads this and knows the name reply. sorry for rambling or not making clear sense its near 3am in the uk.

@tomweaver95 10 жыл бұрын

ah, a minute after writing this and a quick google later i have found it: ian frazier's "gone to new york" is the book. and yes, for those curious he did invent it. a nice book of essays on his time living there. would recommend it and am gona try and track it down again

@loganrayner7933 5 жыл бұрын

clegnuts

@rileygregory2802 3 жыл бұрын

Hhh

@Dav3 10 жыл бұрын

Why not just a crew of 2 in a truck with a lift....wtf? Would be so much quicker.

@neil340 10 жыл бұрын

Because you can't get a truck everywhere that a human can stand.

@drumset09 10 жыл бұрын

I'm going to guess money as well as location. Bucket trucks cost a fair amount of money, not just initial cost, but maintenance as well. Then there is the insurance cost on top of that, liability, personal. You need a space larger than the truck to park, to put the outriggers out. I'm sure it's easier to just park a truck (or drive on the sidewalk like they did a few times) and grab a pole, and go. I imagine a lot of bags get stuck in places a bucket wouldn't be able to reach, so you would need a pole anyways.