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Supermarket plastic bag charge has led to 98% drop in use in England, data shows
(www.theguardian.com)
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They probably wouldn't have offered plastic bags for free in the first place, if that wasn't financially beneficial to them...
If they’re profiting off this it’s because people can’t be bothered to bring in their own bags, right?
Yeah, which is a generational issue at worst. One guy in my family keeps forgetting his bags and buying new ones, but he also has a mindset where he resists change. The rest of us have gotten into the habit of remembering them, leaving a few in the car, etc.
Kids growing up after the ban are just gonna see it as normal. You go buy groceries? You bring your bags, just like you need to remember to bring your wallet.
Why can't something be both for profit and for the environment? Because frankly, after living with a plastic bag ban for years (Canada started the process in 2020), I haven't seen random nasty plastic bags being blown around on the street. So it's helped my immediate environment.
I feel we gotta reduce plastic use on all fronts. Yes, individual consumers pollute less than corps, but that doesn't mean that consumerism as a culture doesn't produce unnecessary waste. Think about a single store and just how much packaging there is in that one place, and where all of that will ultimately end up.
So like, I'm personally for bringing reusable containers to stores to fill up on things like say, shampoo or milk. Milk delivery was a thing for a long time, so there's nothing saying our cultural approach to these things can't or shouldn't change, especially if it means less waste is generated.
And if reusable containers become a thing, I promise you there will be people whinging that it's profitable for the groceries that they're selling bottles that you used to get for free with the soap or whatever.
Yes. Or they forget.
They didnt. Otherwise they would have priced them from the beginning
What the fuck kind of prices are you guys paying for plastic bags!? At my local grocery store they charge 5 cents for a plastic bag, and the other nearby one gives you recyclable paper bags for free. I thought about this for a bit but at a whole nickel per bag it’s probably not worth profiting off of, or if it is profitable, not enough for anyone to care.