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Most Australian states require grocery stalls to charge for bags. While a nice idea, instead of reusing my grocery bags as bin liners, I have to buy bin liners
by dannyw 7y ago
Most Australian states require grocery stalls to charge for bags.
While a nice idea, instead of reusing my grocery bags as bin liners, I have to buy bin liners as well as the occasional bag when I forget. The net result is more plastic waste for me.
- SECProto 7y agoHow does this result in a net-increase in plastic waste? Were you somehow getting the exact number of bags you needed to use as bin liners, and now you buy extra?
- fierarul 7y agoSome of these eco-rules result in inconveniencing your life and increasing your costs with at most a zero change of the overall plastics use.
- dannyw 7y agoI usually had no more than 3-4 disposable plastic bags saved up as bin liners. Now I have to buy bin liners, as well as the occasional reusable plastic bag. The reusable plastic bag has 4x the plastic content of the disposable ones.
- SECProto 7y agoWhat happened to the other disposable plastic bags you took home? Presumably your garbage output was less than your grocery input? And yes, having to buy a new reusable bag if you forgot yours is frustrating. Which makes it memorable, and less likely to happen again - though that may be more of a personal thing. If you have a lot of extra reusable plastic bags, perhaps you could push your local grocery store to put in a "take a bag/leave a bag" box? To ensure they get put to good use