Walmart's Stupid Ass Idea To Charge For Plastic Bags

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  1. David0301

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    in austria we have always had to pay for the plastic bag at the supermarket. About 5 Cents.
    I have always been fascinated by the american supermarkets way of free plastic bags , each time im in california. Im pretty sure it all comes down to the same. Those big chain supermarkets dont give out anything for free. You may think it was free because you did not have to pay for it, but it surely was included in the food prices.
     
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  2. ~Zen~

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    In the Netherlands we would pay one euro for a very sturdy reusable plastic shopping bag. They lasted for years, why not reuse them?
     
  3. nudistguyny

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    I have a number of cloth bags that I use for food shopping. I normally do not use Walmart for food items. But find myself getting other items there. IE: tissues, paper towels etc. They are already wrapped in plastic so why do they put them in plastic shopping bags ? I normal request that they don't. But try to use the re-usable bags on the "other " side of Walmart.. You would think that you were committing some type of major issue. I have heard " you can't do that " by cashiers when I use the re- useable bags. I had one cashier place everything into the plastic bags then place that into my re-usable ones. What The Heck does that accomplish ?
    I totally dislike the one use, plastic bags. They say that you can recycle them. But I have seen bales of them taken to the landfill. Because the re -cycler could not find a buyer for them.
     
  4. Asmodean

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    You could get your TP, tissues and towels etc. also from a better store. That way Walmart and their employees stuck in protocols can suck it :)
     
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  5. nudistguyny

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    true I could. But if I have to be there I might as well save a few cents and by those products there. And it does add up since I normally buy those few items in bulk vs just one or two
     
  6. Vanilla Gorilla

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    Amine hardeners in the epoxy resin in the kayaks are endocrine disruptors. They are highly toxic to all sea life, cause birth defects once the kayaks are disposed of and the resins break down
     
  7. everything bagel

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    We don't have plastic bags here. They banned them a long time ago. Just get a bunch of reusable cloth bags. Buy it once, use it forever, more convenient than paper bags. Paper bags...you gotta carry them like you're holding a baby. Unless they have handles. But then no glass nothing heavy
     
  8. SonoranHotDog

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    Haven't been inside a wal mart over 4 years.

    Use clothe bags.
     
  9. Driftrue

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    I keep wanting to buy a shopping BASKET, a wicker one. Then everything doesn't squish together, too.
    But yeah I use reuseable bags.
     
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  10. SonoranHotDog

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    That is a great idea. It would hafta be open, otherwise I foresee many hangups and confusion at the store.
     
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  12. Driftrue

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    What's this obsession with bin liners anyway. Lazy.
    Just wash your bin out.
    Use old newspaper to line it.

    Cotton IS a big consumer of water and should be replaced with Hemp fabrics.
     
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  13. Driftrue

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    And my idea of wicker baskets and Hemp fabric bags should obviously be chosen over reuseable plastic ones. Bags can be made from old jeans. I have a bag made from old coffee bean sacks. There are lots of ways.

    So what do you think, VG, what are you saying, that we may as well keep using single use plastic bags?
     
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  14. SonoranHotDog

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    I also have a bag made from old jeans and bandanas.
     
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  15. Driftrue

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    Well there ya go : )
    I'd never even seen one, it was just a thing that came to mind because denim is so strong and often when jeans get thrown out it's just the crotch, knees, seams.. Plenty of decent fabric remaining.
     
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  16. Asmodean

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    It doesn't disprove cloth bags are generally better for the environment than disposable plastic bags? Perhaps only if one doesn't make proper use of it, but obviously a cloth bag can and often is used for years.
     
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  17. SonoranHotDog

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    I read that and was like, uuhh ...
     
  18. Irminsul

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    You should all put all your groceries on top of your head like those African villagers that have to carry stuff for miles, like water and they keep it on a bucket on their head. If you don't do that then you don't really care. :nomouth::nomouth:

    Change my mind.
     
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  19. Asmodean

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    Even if we were only thinking cotton cloth bags it remains arguable.
     
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  20. Asmodean

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    First you have to try to convince us why we have to carry it like that ;) :p
     

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