countdown to the bag fee, the testimonials continue
 photo by peter from report on ikea’s self-checkout lines. [mb] |
I just can’t get enough newspaper stories about the deep and powerful effect that next year’s shopping bag fee will have on Seattleites of all stripes. Each of us are special snowflakes, meaning that there are a near-endless supply of tales to tell about how bringing a bag to the store or shelling out a few cents for one will make our lives ever so different once Everything Changes. Today, feast upon the a trio of predictions of how things will be different for grocery baggers who will need a shelf for reusable sacks rather than the plastic bag hangers, mothers who live in fear of nagging daughters, and people already overwhelmed by the paper vs. plastic question who might be crippled by having to decide between returning home or just buying a new bag. [p-i]
I feel so boring for just planning to always pay for disposable bags whenever my purchases are too many to carry. How will you cope? You have only four months to plan!
I’m going to order these. Fold up for easy storage in the car or my messenger bag.
I find the whining so overwrought. Most people are going to just suck it up and pay the 20 cents. It won’t eliminate the bags, just reduce the number of them. What they should do is ban plastic and have deposits on paper; you bring them back for recycling, you get 10 cents back.
Those ACME bags look great and not at all burdensome to carry along. I think that I’ve seen some stores that give a very small discount for reusing paper bags, but I’d guess the easily destructable nature of paper would make a deposit/refund system more of a challenge to implement.