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The trash still needs to go out. Re-using the plastic supermarket bags is a fairly common practice. So now we'll have to buy them? I agree. We should reduce ou
by chiefalchemist 6y ago
The trash still needs to go out. Re-using the plastic supermarket bags is a fairly common practice. So now we'll have to buy them?
I agree. We should reduce our use of plastic - especially Styrofoam. But this "solution" feels half-baked and short-sighted.
- jfengel 6y agoI had an interesting experiment during lockdown: getting groceries delivered meant disposable bags rather than my usual shopping trips with reusable bags. Since then, the disposable bags have piled up. I simply don't produce as much trash as plastic bags. That's not unexpected: most of the trash I produce enters my house as food packaging, and it takes up less volume going out than coming in. There are some other things, like junk mail and cat litter, but overall I have a lot more disposable bags than I will ever use. I'm sure not everyone has a lifetime supply of plastic bags (I wish I could share the wealth), and a new niche opens up for that. Probably many will buy some, which doesn't seem entirely unreasonable -- after all, you buy most of the other things you use in life.
- chiefalchemist 6y agoI remember reading fairly recently about a city that banned the one-off plastic bags and the sale of plastic bags increased to fill the gap. No doubt, one-offs aren't great. But if ppl are going to fall back to buying anyway then how big is the win? It feels like we need education and no more broad stroke legislation.