Some cities only have a ban on free plastic bags. One can still take their purchases home in a plastic bag if they refuse to try carrying their own bags, but they must buy the bags.
Some cities were able to move on from this semi-ban to a full ban on plastic bags. But the semi-ban can still be very very contentious to get enacted.
Did I say I personally spend five to ten cents per bag or did I say that’s how much companies now make per bag used? An item that used to be given away is now a product. The bag ban has led to increased profits for major grocery retailers in all areas where they’ve been implemented.
Honestly how dare you insinuate I don’t bring my own bag. I’ve been rocking canvas bags since the mid aughts. I’ve been supplying my own bags since back when you used to have the cashier pick them up confused and look for a price tag, or worse ignore them. You don’t know me, you don’t know my life story, and you definitely don’t get to make assumptions about my grocery shopping habits, thank you very much!
Here’s an anteater, reserve your judgements for it!
I’m pretty anti-capitalism and this bothered me in the beginning too, but then I realized it was even more of a push for me to not use those plastic bags, when I think how many others might be deferred from them for that same reason, I become okay with them charging. If fact I would be okay with them charging like some ridiculous price, say $15 per bag, just so people don’t use them. Or better yet don’t sell them at all and just sell paper and actual tote bags.
Yes, the fee wasn’t meant to be a money grab or a revenue center for merchants but a deterrent for citizens asking for bags or wastefully using them. And its imposed (usually) by the local government. Altruistic corporate bag bans are few & far between but at least not unheard of (thinking of you, my local Wegmans 👍-- yes plastic bags are still not even partially banned where I live but some stores have a no-plastic policy).
When it had a plastic bag ban in place, the town of Laredo, TX saved something like a quarter or half million dollars a year on waterway cleanup because there were so many less plastic bags blocking everything.
Then the legislature and maybe state Supreme Court struck down the bans.
No it’s not hard, but I still very rarely see people supplying their own bags. Instead they’re paying five to ten cents per bag which used to be free but now is a vector for profits to the company, and which used to be made of thin flimsy plastic but is now thick plastic that will take much much longer to degrade. Like I said these bans have been great for the grocery stores profits. It’s nice that they do quantifiably reduce plastic waste, though.
Working for companies who now get 5 to 10 cents per bag, an item that only ever cost them money previous to the ban.
Are you buying new bags every time? The whole point is to bring your own reusable bag instead.
What he is saying, that bags that were complimentary = calculated loss, now fetch an actual income for the companies.
Surely they’re talking about paper, because plastic is banned. Right?
Some cities only have a ban on free plastic bags. One can still take their purchases home in a plastic bag if they refuse to try carrying their own bags, but they must buy the bags.
Some cities were able to move on from this semi-ban to a full ban on plastic bags. But the semi-ban can still be very very contentious to get enacted.
I get lastic because I pay either way but plastic is more reusable than paper.
I’m finally getting into the habit of bringing bags to the store, although I recently accidentally recycled them so now I have to buy more
We still have a couple of local groceries here that give you paper bags.
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Did I say I personally spend five to ten cents per bag or did I say that’s how much companies now make per bag used? An item that used to be given away is now a product. The bag ban has led to increased profits for major grocery retailers in all areas where they’ve been implemented.
Honestly how dare you insinuate I don’t bring my own bag. I’ve been rocking canvas bags since the mid aughts. I’ve been supplying my own bags since back when you used to have the cashier pick them up confused and look for a price tag, or worse ignore them. You don’t know me, you don’t know my life story, and you definitely don’t get to make assumptions about my grocery shopping habits, thank you very much!
Here’s an anteater, reserve your judgements for it!
I’m pretty anti-capitalism and this bothered me in the beginning too, but then I realized it was even more of a push for me to not use those plastic bags, when I think how many others might be deferred from them for that same reason, I become okay with them charging. If fact I would be okay with them charging like some ridiculous price, say $15 per bag, just so people don’t use them. Or better yet don’t sell them at all and just sell paper and actual tote bags.
Yes, the fee wasn’t meant to be a money grab or a revenue center for merchants but a deterrent for citizens asking for bags or wastefully using them. And its imposed (usually) by the local government. Altruistic corporate bag bans are few & far between but at least not unheard of (thinking of you, my local Wegmans 👍-- yes plastic bags are still not even partially banned where I live but some stores have a no-plastic policy).
That’s a damn fine anteater
It’s not hard to remember reusable bags. I leave a bunch in my car for this reason.
I anecdotally see far less people plastic bag waste around my community. I just wish we’d do the fixed drink caps like Europe does next.
When it had a plastic bag ban in place, the town of Laredo, TX saved something like a quarter or half million dollars a year on waterway cleanup because there were so many less plastic bags blocking everything.
Then the legislature and maybe state Supreme Court struck down the bans.
No it’s not hard, but I still very rarely see people supplying their own bags. Instead they’re paying five to ten cents per bag which used to be free but now is a vector for profits to the company, and which used to be made of thin flimsy plastic but is now thick plastic that will take much much longer to degrade. Like I said these bans have been great for the grocery stores profits. It’s nice that they do quantifiably reduce plastic waste, though.