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karateninjazombie
But they aren't 5p anymore they are a minimum of like 20p up to a couple of quid for the cloth ones
ITradeNewds
Can't believe it took them this long to monetize what used to be a consideration for the customer
lanthanidehighway
cupboard? hah! once i stopped giving a fuck it spread to part of laundry room, kitchen and dining room. i could roof a homeless camp.
ReaperSix5
You can fit that much quid in one bag?! Well done!
crushingmissy
Our supermarkets banned plastic bags early 2018, across the country - I still have some...
DoubleSunMoonMoon
Can you use that newfound equity to refinance your home, though?
Cynderfire
Haha, #relatable. Anyone else got a bag for shopping bags?
1972GTO
So you're telling me you've needed/used 13,446,960 bags shopping? I call BULLSHIT.
SlightlyDodgy
I worked for a pharmacy owned by a Chinese conglomerate. They ordered us to send back all the bags and they incinerated them. Bastards.
Elvarion
Iirc this kind of backfired in Sweden. Our shopping bags are made from recycled material and quite enviromental "friendly". But..
Elvarion
Now that the bags are 0,7€ per bag, Up from 0,2. People buy these other bags that are straight Up much less Eco friendly
dogmoind
I ran through all mine. When I go to Walmart I grab an entire slab and stuff them in my paper bag. What else am I gonna pick up dog poop in?
BedouinBirthingBlanket
We have a bag for bags. Bag of Bags
twfx
Ouroboros…
Trelfar
Unless you've got some of the biodegradable bags in there. A year or so under the sink they look like this:
twfx
Uh, you got a pod person under your sink
twfx
I use mine to stuff Halloween dummies! And as a toy...
whyismyusernametakenalready
People joke about this, but all the data showed that that tiny fee drastically decreased useage & increased reuse when bags were needed
whyismyusernametakenalready
I mean then covid happened and no one can use their own bags. Sigh.
iHateMyselfButIHateYouMore
What they take from you and it's actual (resale) value to you are two entirely different concepts. Sorry. You are still poor
Coramadi
Wtf? Is it that hard to bring your own reusable bag?
ImprovingGrammarOneCommentAtATime
No, people just suck unless the law literally makes them be a better person.
JennyIronTeeth
Me buying the big 60p bags, but never reuse them
Prekator
It's not really that hard to reuse them, just have one always in your car or remember to bring thrm
Ravise
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annterland
Thousands of grocery bags in the cabinet
Ravise
Ah! Bag stockpiling. This option completely missed me.
nonCanadianGoose
I use my own bags less out of environmental concerns and more about not wanting the accumulation of plastic bags in my house
DoubleSunMoonMoon
Aha! But why don't you just chuck em in the bin,then? Assuming you have zero environmental concerns about it.
nonCanadianGoose
It would hasten the amount of times I’d have to empty the trash which I also dislike
ThiSpaceForEnt
Damn, this hits home. +1
SavagePatchKids
That's called knocking
sanaujiram
Geneticist here. I had to read it a few times because I was wondering what plastic bags had to do with the p-arm of chromosome 5
Shamorza
More specifically: The kitchen.
Mxlespxles
Under the sink
ccfluff
Or you could have very expensive bin liners
PastaJesus
My city was set to introduce a plastic bag tax, that got suspended due to covid. Like people couldn't use paper with illness about
dothedeew0420
Dude. In other states there were supposed to be cm outright ban... Suspended until 2021
Wankathon
The sun got cancelled due to covid
Qualtagh
Well, reusable bags were banned in a lot of places for fear of contamination, so yeah, I could see how banning reusables and plastics at 1/2
Qualtagh
the same time, plus general supply chain problems, might make us run out of paper bags. 2/2
GasinGirarffe
I think they were more concerned about people having to bring infected cloth sacks from home. Btw do you turn spaghet into Angel hair?
omgwtfhuh
The stores in our area didn't allow your own bags for quite a while. Didn't want you bringing anything unnecessary from home into the store.
Yakeshinu
Asking the real questions.
Popspoppingit
Fuck 7-11. My city voted in favor of 10 cents per bag cost. And literally the next day they were charging for the bags - before it was req'd
Qualtagh
You're... mad that the decided to do what your city decided was good?
Popspoppingit
It wasn't to be initiated for month. Which means that money was pure profit. Fuck em.
SeeMyVests
“Profit”- you think the companies don’t have to pay for bags? They used to eat the cost and now they’re recouping some of it.
Popspoppingit
Fine either way, money in their pocket. It didn't go to the green fund thing, which was the half of the point of the law.
smarq
I use them for garbage in kitchen, even at 0.10$ each they go cheaper than a box of generic brand going at 0.16$ before taxes, boy am I Glad
Sumdumguy42
A single bag at 10cents is cheaper than a BOX for 16 cents? How much is in a box? One?
AnarchoPunx
But Glad isn't!
PaintedSlate
MrsGirafe
I think this is the whole point of plastic bag charge. Great job on the recycling! ?
morelikeconsham
Not to be that guy, but this is reusing, not recycling. Which, hey, reusing is even better.
xlavoie
And you did the math. How good are you at comparing toilet paper packs?
smarq
Costco, 30 rolls 425 sheets of 2-ply : 12750 sheets for 21$CAD equals 0.016$ per 10 sheets. I don’t buy anywhere else... you got me curious
EveryGOPAccusationIsActuallyAnAdmission
Mmm Costco bulk. Damn good!
xlavoie
I buy this as well, this pack is like 18$CAD in QC though
CarlottaVonSprockett
I can’t use them fast enough for that. I do t make that much garbage! My old town had recycling bins for bags, but I moved and they don’t /1
CarlottaVonSprockett
seem to recycle them here. Now I have an entire shelf crammed full. I need to invest in reusable bags!! 2/2
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CarlottaVonSprockett
Oh good idea! Thanks!! I have dogs and I used to use them for that, but I’ve been trying to get “eco friendly” dog bags.
PaleAsFuck
The thing is the bags for our groceries are used with more plastic. And the trashbags you buy are better to use for enviroment.
xlavoie
Pretty sure trashbags are still very damaging for the environment
khold90
Single use plastic bags are technically better in upfront costs. Those reuseable bags need 10-1000 reuses before being better. 1/
khold90
Replace plastic with reuseable plastic then it's 10 uses. Replace plastic with fabric then it's 1000. After those break-points 2/
khold90
The single use bags are worse for the environment. Before those then the process releases way more pollutants. 3/3