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Environment & Energy

mitch96

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9. One of the stores I frequent removed the freee thin plastic bags and replaced them with sturdier ones but

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Mon Nov 25, 2024, 09:07 AM

Nov 25

you have to purchase them. I bought two and so far they have lasted me over a year with no failures...
It works if I remember to bring them into the store...
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Banning free plastic bags for groceries resulted in customers purchasing more plastic bags, study finds [View all] littlemissmartypants Nov 25 OP

You know, those brown paper bags worked just fine. Native Nov 25 #1

I have been re-using the same sturdy cotton-bag for 10 years now. DetlefK Nov 25 #2

Funny, in Europe HarryM Nov 25 #3

If we did deposits we'd never see roadsides trashed with bottles. Callie1979 Nov 25 #5

They may have banned plastic bags here in New York, but everything you buy at the grocery store comes in plastic! Rhiannon12866 Nov 25 #4

I'm a cashier in an upscale grocery store in NJ. 2-1/2 years w/o plastic and paper. no_hypocrisy Nov 25 #6

my fave hdw store always has boxes. mopinko Nov 25 #7

I don't see plastic as an option in Colorado--at least where I have spent time. Everyone brings own or pays for PAPER. hlthe2b Nov 25 #8

One of the stores I frequent removed the freee thin plastic bags and replaced them with sturdier ones but mitch96 Nov 25 #9

California is banning all plastic bags starting in 2016. hunter Nov 25 #10