Has the plastic bag and it's fee met it's demise?

[coltle6920]

Was at my favorite Kroger/King Sooper store today and lo and behold the plastic bags were replaced with the paper bags we were all too familiar with.

I'm curious if this is a local thing or is it spreading wings. What a disaster this must be for the jackwads who thought they were saving the Planet.

Can only imagine how many tons of plastic bags are now sitting in a warehouse or the tears shed over the lost revenue. Not to fear because all States have to do to replace lost revenue is enact another fee on something.

 

[gmarshall99]

Was at my favorite Kroger/King Sooper store today and lo and behold the plastic bags were replaced with the paper bags we were all too familiar with.

I'm curious if this is a local thing or is it spreading wings. What a disaster this must be for the jackwads who thought they were saving the Planet.

Can only imagine how many tons of plastic bags are now sitting in a warehouse or the tears shed over the lost revenue. Not to fear because all States have to do to replace lost revenue is enact another fee on something.

I believe you will still be charged .10 per bag, even if it is paper.

 

[erikpolcrack]

Two local discount stores here in North Central PA are Dollar General and Family Dollar. They both, but especially Dollar General, lapse in and out of heavy paper bags and plastic ones with no explanations. Paper bags usually only last a week or so, and then it's back to plastic again. A year or two ago, Dollar General was using only larger, heavy duty plastic bags. That lasted several months. I've never asked about the changes, thinking maybe it's just what their suppliers are selling cheapest at the time.

 

[sceva]

I hated the move to plastic bags. Paper is much more recyclable. Crafts, Book covers, cat hideouts, etc.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[Krogen]

Around here there have been unintended consequences. One time use plastic bags were banned, but reusable ones are allowed at a 10 cent per bag fee. So now we have a choice of paper or reusable plastic bags.

The paper bags are poorly made so many folks choose the reusable plastic ones. They're thicker and take more plastic to make. People throw them in the trash after one use. I have yet to see anybody bring in a used Fred Meyer (Kroger) bag for reuse. The result is even more plastic waste, but the knuckle heads are happily collecting their 10 cent fee.

 

[soFlaNative]

I use the heck out of plastic bags. Line a 3 gal. nursery bucket with 2 or 3 to collect squirrel chewed mangoes from the idiot neighbor's tree or empty out the fly trap and they're the perfect size to line the bathroom trash can. The biggest drawback I have is that they reinforce the "Lazy man make one trip" when bringing the groceries into the house.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Now in Colorado I can buy a package of meat wrapped in plastic, a loaf of bread wrapped in plastic, produce in plastic sacks, orange juice and milk in plastic bottles, then go to the check-out where I can't have a plastic bag because those things are destroying the environment.

New permanent fixture in my truck is a tub of shopping bags.

 

[BC38]

Around here there have been unintended consequences. One time use plastic bags were banned, but reusable ones are allowed at a 10 cent per bag fee. So now we have a choice of paper or reusable plastic bags.

The paper bags are poorly made so many folks choose the reusable plastic ones. They're thicker and take more plastic to make. People throw them in the trash after one use. I have yet to see anybody bring in a used Fred Meyer (Kroger) bag for reuse. The result is even more plastic waste, but the knuckle heads are happily collecting their 10 cent fee.

Yup, the same philosophy applies to "carbon offsets".

To the rich elites we say "waste as much as you like - as long as you are willing and able to pay the TAX for that privilege".

But for us poorer plebes, it comes down to "let them eat cake"...

 

[Old 44 Guy]

When I was a kid the paper bags we recycled. I carried my lunch in them, folded them up and took them home for the next days lunch. When the plastic craze came out I said then it was a mistake. I was in an old miners shack in Nevada and the walls were insulated with paper bags.

 

[Onomea]

Nothing to see here. Just whistle on by.

(Or not: Billions of pounds of microplastics are entering the oceans every year. Researchers are trying to understand their impact. - CBS News)

 

[CH4]

Still plenty of free plastic bags in Southern Nevada.

 

[YeshuaIsa53]

We broke down and bought reusable bags with handles that are stronger than plastic or paper. Funny how we forget to take them here and there.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I'm pretty sure the City Of Pittsburgh, PA, has banned or is still in the process of banning plastic bags. Trouble is, most of the stores have no clue from city officials what, when, or how is this going to happen. In the meantime, I shop across the river and come home with future dog poop bags with groceries in them!

 

[Grayfox]

Around here, I haven't seen a paper bag in years.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Problem with those plastic bags over the paper ones is that you can still see her face and there is a suffocation danger not present with good old fashion paper.

 

[Ingramite]

As a lifelong Saints fan......

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Here in Central Ohio:

Giant Eagle, no plastic bag, 25 cents each flimsy paper bag with handles.

Meijer: tons of plastic with one or two items, traditional paper upon request.

Kroger: Special Needs baggers use 3 times as many plastic bags. Then throw a fit if you don't like the way they dump your groceries in reusable bags!

I have a reusable bag full of reusable bags hanging in the back seat. At Meijer; The ones that were 99 cents before covid are now $3! (since paper is 25 cents each!) I just forget to grab some before I go in the store.

Like all things that become political: Follow the money!

Back when I set up at gun shows, I always took our recycle bag of plastic shopping bags for people to carry their stuff in, Absolutely Nobody gave or brought anything for their purchases!

Ivan

 

[Skeet 028]

Problem with those plastic bags over the paper ones is that you can still see her face and there is a suffocation danger not present with good old fashion paper.

Caje...that is COLD. but I must agree with you...Not something I would be proud of.... though the suffocation factor might keep others from knowing

 

[WR Moore]

Never having needed a bag, does one put the bag over her head or your own? Or both?