Generally, when the cost of a bottle or bag is statistically significant, people care for them. Stores sell more bulk stuff, refill bottles, and offer little in the way of their own packaging. It's all a lot less convenient.
In the US, various bulk stores have tried to introduce the packaging reuse notion, but all have gone out of business because we take convenience over reuse.
This will only change when reuse is equally convenient. If I knew how to accomplish that, I wouldn't be pontificating here, but running my own business doing just that.
The delivery vans have doors at the side with rows of shelves that these trays fit onto, so it’s a lot better protected than a parcel thrown into the back of a van.
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But the benefit has to be offset by those who choose to have bags because you get 10 times as many bags as you would if doing the packing yourself.
Not sure of the exact cost but there is a flat charge so it is the same for 1 bag or 100.
'Without bags' isn't always practical with some homes where there is restricted access.
Ever since they ruined Fresh by just lumping it in with Prime Now deliveries, most items come in disposable paper bags with disposable insulation inserts for frozen stuff.
I think the introduction of plastic bottles and paper cartons was the initial reason for dropping it? Back then recycling was purely a direct cost/benefit thing rather than for environmental reasons.
Seemed like a pretty good idea to me. It went out of business, though, I think because people wanted Pepsi and Coke brands.
Nothing stops the Pop Shoppe from dispensing Pepsi and Coke brands any more than it stops the local pizza place from dispensing Coke brand Coke from the soda fountain.
Surely, the license is not an obstacle since it's already being done.
I particularly loathe styrofoam peanuts and bubblewrap. Those should just be banned (or taxed heavily!). Use cardboard. There ought to be a way to "foam" paper to substitute for styrofoam peanuts. Then the stuff just disintegrates on its own after a while.
Maybe go back to waxed/oiled paper instead of plastic, too.
We just need some leadership(!) from central government to enforce widespread adoption of biodegradable packing materials.
It's not just that. Stores in the US don't trust their customers enough to move away from bulky packaging that takes forever to open.
Pretty straight-forward really. Increase the cost of once-off convenience. If it costs more to do it the dirty way, people will do it the clean way. But in america, they'll just vote in people that will dig a bigger hole. Probably in what used to be park-land.
Placing the blame entirely on idiot consumers isn't the best either. Where are the fortunate people in society who not just educating but also leading by example?
Elon Musk is the only person of importance I can think of that is actually putting their money where their mouth is to make the world a better place.
Go down your building. Look at people throwing trash. Do they bother to split paper, plastic or glass? Not at all. They'd throw anything into the closest trash.
The business model is super simple.