I grew up in Sri Lanka, where we had British influence until 1948. Almost every single household has a pantry section dedicated for plastic bags. Its rare to g

I grew up in Sri Lanka, where we had British influence until 1948. Almost every single household has a pantry section dedicated for plastic bags. Its rare to get them from stores because they were wrapped in paper (to a cone, and poured things like sugar and other stuff), and then wrapped. Plastic bags were to be bought (not free as opposed to today), and the cost alone kept many people from reusing. Beverages almost always came in glass bottles, and a deposit had to be left to get one unless the shop owner knows you in the village. It's similar to the pfand system, except the glass bottles were cleaned and aluminium cans were even unheard-of.