Paperbags in Supermarkets

Posted by sgune on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @04:07PM
from the self-post dept.

I would like some stores near me (Walmart) to consider adopting Paper bags.

I am trying to come up with a solid case and I was wondering if HN community had any ideas.

Walmart exclusively uses cheap polyethene bags. Harris Teeter has paper-bags but you have to insist on it. They always default to the same cheap plastic bag.

1. Is there a strong economic case that I can make to convince them? 2. I'm a bit doubtful on the "them" aspect of it. I could just tweet, but that's not very smart in my opinion. Seems too casual.

I'm open to all ideas. Thanks.

This is my first post, I apologize if it wasn't well written or structured.

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Re:Paperbags in Supermarkets by helph67 on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @08:43PM (#19620579)

Suggest that you point out that paper bags are friendly to our planet and all species that it supports. How to do that? Are you aware of the film where Charlie Chaplin (as a hobo) eats one of his boots? You could mimic that but substituting a `salad' consisting of various paper bags. Olive oil might be a healthy dressing to consider.

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Re:Paperbags in Supermarkets by ohiovr on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @06:15PM (#19619529)

A few weeks ago a kroger bagger asked me if I wanted paper or plastic bags. I took the paper bags. I said I was suprised they offer it. But the lady said theyve had the option all along.

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Re:Paperbags in Supermarkets by Tomte on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @04:34PM (#19618673)

Why? Paper bags aren't better ecologically.

Make people buy and re-use cotton bags for a long, long time.

Paper vs. plastic doesn't really matter.

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Re:Paperbags in Supermarkets by ldasj on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @05:27AM (#19623077)

I don't see how paper bags aren't better. Both plastic and paper require processing. The difference is that paper isn't toxic when degraded, plastic is.

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Re:Paperbags in Supermarkets by Tomte on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:04AM (#19634644)

Both are energy-intensive, paper bags degrade, but also they tear, soak and shred much faster, so you need more of them. And then the energy used in manufacturing them makes them not very eco-friendly.

As I said, get a cotton bag and sue it forever, if you're concerned about the environment.

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Re:Paperbags in Supermarkets by floatingatoll on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @06:32PM (#19619629)

Out of curiosity, why are you interested in paper bags specifically?

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