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At least where I live the delivery guy takes the paper bags back and also takes the aluminum cold bags. But that is Switzerland.

• mindslight 5y ago
  It's almost like there is a severe logical flaw in the common USian approach of just banning singular things, and then hoping that "the market" will fill in a constructive solution.
  • panick21_ 5y ago
    In my case it is 'the market'. Its a private company and there is no mandate not to use plastic or do any of the things they do.
    • mindslight 5y ago
      Still, that's not solely "the market". The values of the person managing the company and the perceived values of their customers (societal values) have informed that decision. If it's true that there really are no disposable bag regulations in Switzerland, then the much different outcome under the similar regulations also supports my point. If New Jersey thinks it has a problem where bags need to be reused more, then it would make sense to spell that out in law and nudge towards the overall desired solution (more reuse) rather than simply banning "disposable" (ie cheaply made) bags and hoping that people will automatically reuse more resource-costly ones.
      • panick21_ 5y ago
        > The values of the person managing the company and the perceived values of their customers (societal values) have informed that decision. That is literally what 'the market' always means.