caribbeannewsservice.com/now/antigua-bans-importation-of-plastic-bags/


www.onegreenplanet.org/news/statistic-that-proves-why-bans-on-plastic-bags-are-important/

www.independent.ie/business/irish/irelands-oldest-shopping-centre-to-get-roof-as-part-of-new-revamp-31316430.html

Or maybe


www.theonion.com/c/video****-happening-somewhere-16928

im always impressed by bunnings policy. No Bags all the boxes go into a re-use place . it simply works.
target are charging but still go through mountains of bags.
surely its time to make shops either have no bags or start making lazy shopper really start paying

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landyacht said..
surely its time to make shops either have no bags or start making lazy shopper really start paying

yep - bring in the deposit on packaging - similar to S.A.'s bottle and can system.

I doubt you would find any plastic going to the tip before long.


stephen

Just sell quality reusable bags, Woolies do that in NT and it works.

For those interested...

documentaryheaven.com/addicted-to-plastic/

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landyacht said..
im always impressed by bunnings policy. No Bags all the boxes go into a re-use place . it simply works.
target are charging but still go through mountains of bags.
surely its time to make shops either have no bags or start making lazy shopper really start paying

I swear Bunnings must sell the bigger cartons out there back door or something, the bins at the front only ever seem to have boxes big enough for a handful of nuts and bolts.

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felixdcat said...
Just sell quality reusable bags, Woolies do that in NT and it works.

When we lived in France over 10 years ago plastic bags were scrapped by the big 2 supermarche le clerc and Carrefour , we still use our big sacks from then at woollies and Coles, the till girls love them and make comment on how much easier they are
10 years would be over 600 visits to the supermarkets x that by 20 to 30 plastic bags each time then your midweek trip to top up
Scary figures , west aus has a shidt recycle policy compared to most states and aus to most other developed countries

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cauncy said..

20 to 30 plastic bags each time then your midweek trip to top up........Scary figures ,

Scary figures all right

20 to 30 bags of shopping a week, with a mid week top up..fergawdsakes - how many mouths are you feeding?


stephen

Well the tip used to recycle hard plastic &now it doesn't all goes to landfill now .
So honestly how is it going to make a difference.

back in Switzerland 25 years ago one of the big grossery shop (Migro) was selling big recycled paper bags taht could be reused for 0.05 franc a piece, the plastic ones were 0.50 franc a piece. The paper ones were very popular

Recycled strong brown paper is the go and use those insulated zipper bags for the cold stuff.

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cauncy said..

20 to 30 plastic bags each time then your midweek trip to top up........Scary figures ,

Scary figures all right

20 to 30 bags of shopping a week, with a mid week top up..fergawdsakes - how many mouths are you feeding?


stephen

4 mouths , the wife has just done a shop in gero , I asked her to do it without the sacks, we've just counted the plastic bags 23 in total with 6 small ones wrapped around meat and veg, here's the sacks still going strong 10yers on, and there made from recycled plastic, it's simple just ban them from shops, people ain't gonna carry out by hand

Take those 23 plastic bags and roll them into little balls and put them aside. If you leave them in the sun they will bio-degrade into microscopic plastic particles to disperse back into the environment, ie. pollute the environment with stuff you can't see but ends up in everything.

Now take all of the food out of the packaging that it came in and stack that all in a pile and you will realise how little food you have bought and how much paper, cardboard, plastic and styrofoam you have purchased just to throw away. This pile will be considerably bigger than the pile of plastic bags above.

The bigger problem is the packaging. You can't buy a lot of stuff without it. The big 2 and even some smaller players get a lot of fruit and veg and meat already pre-packaged, at my local W you can't buy a single squash you have to get pack of 4 or 6. It's even worse at a couple of local fruit shops where almost everything is pre-packed.
Cling wrap and styro are not bio-degradable. This will be buried in landfill and remain unchanged for hundreds of years, or end up floating around in the oceans with all the PET bottles already there.

You can't even go to the hardware and buy a couple of screws or nails, you have to buy a packet or a box. But at least you can get a dinky little box to put your bag of screws into.