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Those policies can easily backfire. Bags were banned in the UK for the supermarkets to sell or offer, except "bags for life" (thick reusable bags sold at a pric
by lozenge 3y ago
Those policies can easily backfire. Bags were banned in the UK for the supermarkets to sell or offer, except "bags for life" (thick reusable bags sold at a price of 20p or up). I think the energy cost of manufacturing these is 100-1,000x higher than the old bags and they definitely not getting reused anywhere near that much, the retail price is too low to dissuade purchase.
- Incipient 3y ago>I think the energy cost of manufacturing these is 100-1,000x higher I'd have thought adding a bit more plastic to roll and cut a slightly thicker bag would have a negligible increase in overall impact. You could however easily be right too. Either way without any reliable source it's fairly meaningless to have an opinion either way.
- nerdponx 3y agoThe problem is that the bags are still too cheap. If you sell them for disposable prices, people will treat them as disposable items.