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Post by mstreepsucks on Jul 10, 2021 21:05:07 GMT
in some stores, i noticed. Whatever you do don't go and buy things , if you don't have about ten cents on you. Then you'll have to carry everything home. Just sayin'.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jul 10, 2021 21:09:04 GMT
I use reusable bags when I shop at Publix but when I tried using them at other stores, i.e. Walmart, I was watched like I was stealing. I do most of my shopping at Publix. When I lived in Albuquerque, a big percentage of people used the "cloth" grocery bags, I think people in NM. are more environmentally minded than in Alabama.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 10, 2021 21:21:47 GMT
In Norway they have done that for decades.
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Post by enigma72 on Jul 10, 2021 22:08:01 GMT
In Norway they have done that for decades. so when I lived in Germany in the 70's, feo, was that mandated ? I thought the locals just had bags of their own and used them. btw, mstreepsucks we've been charged for bags for about 3 years in California. you get used to those reusable ones, keep them in the car. Like wickedkittiesmom said, people think you are shoplifting.
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Post by sunshine on Jul 11, 2021 17:54:50 GMT
Some stores here charge for them, some don't.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 11, 2021 19:08:01 GMT
They've been doing that in California for awhile.
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Post by divtal on Jul 11, 2021 19:24:13 GMT
As Enigma said, this is nothing new in California. And, like WKM, when we first went to widespread re-usable bags, I thought that it might have looked like I was intending to shoplift.
The paper bags from markets are handy to have, and I occasionally buy some at the checkout counter. For a long time, they were 10 cents, each. They jumped to 25 cents, after lock-down began. They're probably still that ... even though we're pretty much "open."
When my brother, and I were cleaning out my Mom's house in 2016, I decided that they were easier to come-by, and easier to carry, than boxes. The people at her local Safeway were so kind, and understanding. For $5.00, I could buy 50 of them. Very accommodating.
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Post by Vodkie on Jul 11, 2021 22:06:40 GMT
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Post by Sarge on Jul 12, 2021 5:10:09 GMT
There are a couple of those stores around here that don't have bags, like Aldis. I order my groceries online now and they use paper bags, which I use as mulch in my garden. I hate plastic bags.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 12, 2021 13:02:55 GMT
Been that way in Austin for maybe 10 years. Finally got used to having bags in the car, though some have seen better days, and I often find myself in HEB without them.
Whole Foods and Sprouts give paper bags. I use for my kitchen recycling.
Costco and Natural Grocer offer boxes (NG sometimes has nothing useable)
HEB tries to sell you bags (25 cents). I typically buy seltzer, so I take the cart out to the car and put my loose items into a bag either in the store, or in my car.
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Post by Vodkie on Jul 12, 2021 13:16:09 GMT
When I was in West Covina, California (l.a. county) In 2019, the stores only had re-usable bags you can purchase.
But yet When my friend got food from Subway, in n out burger and Yoshinoya Beef Bowl, They were allowed to put them in plastic bags. WTF?
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 12, 2021 13:46:38 GMT
When I was in West Covina, California (l.a. county) In 2019, the stores only had re-usable bags you can purchase. But yet When my friend got food from Subway, in n out burger and Yoshinia Beef Bowl, They were allowed to put them in plastic bags. WTF? This applies to NY, but applicable elsewhere. According to a summary of the law by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) an “exempt bag” is “used solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order” and “made of plastic provided by a restaurant, tavern or similar food service establishment, as defined in the New York state sanitary code, to carry out or deliver prepared food.” Other exemptions apply in cases of packing up raw proteins, plants, flowers and food sliced or prepped to order. Also not included in the ban are foods parsed from bulk into smaller portions. |
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jul 12, 2021 14:54:14 GMT
I use the plastic bags I get from the stores other than Publix to put cat poop in when I scoop the litter boxes. Wg=hen I use up the plastic bags, I use paper lunch bags.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 12, 2021 16:34:11 GMT
I use my own bags-and have for a long time.
They only have paper bags now at the store.
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Jul 12, 2021 17:00:06 GMT
Wow, didn't know this was such a prevalent thing. Never seen this in Florida, never been to Aldi's either though. I always keep all the plastic bags, so many extra uses for them.
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Post by Vodkie on Jul 12, 2021 17:25:23 GMT
I use the plastic bags I get from the stores other than Publix to put cat poop in when I scoop the litter boxes. Wg=hen I use up the plastic bags, I use paper lunch bags. We have a small trash can with a plastic grocery bag by the kitty litter. we scoop into that and once it’s full, we dump it into the kitchen trash and reuse the same grocery bag over and over
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Post by sunshine on Jul 14, 2021 2:08:48 GMT
I hope they don't ban the plastic bags here. WKM, I use them for cat litter too.
If you buy a paper bag, I think they're 10 cents. The small plastic bags are 3 cents and the big, heavier plastic bags are also 10 cents. This is at our SaveALot. The other store I frequent doesn't charge for bags.
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Post by Vodkie on Jul 14, 2021 19:29:04 GMT
The plastic grocery bags come in handy for trash bags
A couple winters ago, the snow was so bad, we couldn’t get to a store and we were out of trash bags. My dumbass roommates thought we had another box of bags upstairs but they couldn’t find it.
If we didn’t have a stash of grocery bags, we would have had nothing to put our trash in.
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