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Would most of that not have all happened before, and then those plastic produce bags would have been put into plastic grocery bags at checkout?
by stetrain 3y ago
Would most of that not have all happened before, and then those plastic produce bags would have been put into plastic grocery bags at checkout?
- nickjj 3y agoThe same process for buying fruits and vegetables occurred before and after the ban. It really depends on how you shopped: Example 1: You buy 5 assorted fruits and vegetables types and have 5 plastic bags with you at checkout. I can't speak for everyone but I'd typically walk out of the store with these bags in my hand because the bags are usually thick enough to not break. I wouldn't use another bag to bag all of the bags because I generally only buy 2-3 of each type at a time. Example 2: You make a decent grocery run (fruits, vegetables, bread, meats, snacks, drinks, whatever) where you'd probably have 4-5 plastic bags before checkout and then another 4-5 bigger and thicker plastic bags (pre-ban bags) to hold everything at checkout. In example 2's case you're saving a number of plastic bags with the ban but example 1 isn't or even if you got 1 additional bag to carry everything out you're talking about 5 bags vs 6 here which isn't that big of an impact. Not all places used plastic bags too. Costco never had bags and some places have paper bags although I rarely see places with paper bags in my area. When the ban hit in my area the grocery store started to sell their own bags which are pretty robust, these bags will outlive all of us.