Re:‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to s...
by rootusrootus on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:37AM
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> plastic bags are an extra charge (at least where I shop), it costs just a tiny bit extra to get nice reusable ones or bring your own - you can return most other single use plastics — like bottled water — and get your money back.
All of this is true of where I live in the US, though the 'return single use plastics for money' is fairly specific to beverage containers. And the single use plastic bags are banned outright. Most grocery stores provide paper bags, and charge a fee.
They probably need to bump the fee for bags a bit higher, though. We tried doing the reusable bag thing, but as of yet we haven't successfully built the habit of bringing old bags back to the store, so we just end up buying the paper bags every time. It's something like 5 cents a bag, which is so little that it doesn't inspire.
All of this is true of where I live in the US, though the 'return single use plastics for money' is fairly specific to beverage containers. And the single use plastic bags are banned outright. Most grocery stores provide paper bags, and charge a fee.
They probably need to bump the fee for bags a bit higher, though. We tried doing the reusable bag thing, but as of yet we haven't successfully built the habit of bringing old bags back to the store, so we just end up buying the paper bags every time. It's something like 5 cents a bag, which is so little that it doesn't inspire.