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Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit... by njarboe on Saturday July 31, 2021 @06:32PM (#28022069)
Even better solution. Charge $100 to go into the grocery store and that will greatly reduce people driving to stores, shopping and using single-use bags.
Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit... by temp10298385 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @07:15PM (#28022260)
I'm assuming you are being facetious in order to highlight an alleged absurdity of the suggestion. Though in reality the suggestion seems quite sensible to me.

Where I am, we've been under the effect of a pretty steep tax on plastic grocery bags that get noticeably passed along to the consumer. The result, from my personal experience, seems to have been a widespread adoption of tote bags. These last a very long time, 5+ years in my own experience. It has not resulted in a decrease in supermarket visits, to the best of my knowledge.

Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding your comment.

Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit... by imtringued on Sunday August 01, 2021 @04:49AM (#28024842)
I can walk to the grocery store, now I will have to drive to a bigger store because I have to buy everything in bulk.

Your fine isn't tied to any externality so it is stupid.