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It’s not that I care what they’re made of. Here they’re required to charge 10¢/bag. I would happily take a paper bag. The thing I don’t like is being treated like an extremely petty criminal.

As an aide though, everything I’ve read supports the conclusion that the bag bans only lead to more waste. IIRC, a generous estimate would mean you need to reuse a bag at least 20x in order to break even on resource usage… Which basically never happens. It’s an excellent example of a feel good solution that sounds good until you run the numbers. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

That said, I’d be perfectly happy to see us eliminate almost all uses of disposable plastics.

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ReallyKinda@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I like the aldi model with no bags—when you forget a bag you look for an empty box. Not ideal for people who walked though.

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- ares35@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  last time we hit aldi, no bags or boxes. we just threw all the stuff into the trunk and dealt with it at home.
  
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swan_pr@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s different here (at Walmart at least), they leave all their reusable bags at the self checkout where you can just buy them. But there is a lot of staff and the area is like a bullpen, so there is only one exit and there are employees looking at the carts’ contents.

As for the bags, for sure it’s a contentious topic. And I agree with you. As I mentioned in another reply, I see a lot of the sturdier reusable bags for sale at thrift store, they have to roll them up and put them in a bin they have so many…

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Pandantic@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

IIRC, a generous estimate would mean you need to reuse a bag at least 20x in order to break even on resource usage… Which basically never happens.

I’ve definitely used my reusable bags more than 20 times. Why don’t people use them more than 20 times?

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