7-11 now charging for the plastic bags they put your items in??

[AlienCraft]

Only the rich should get bags to carry items they purchase.

Nawww man. Don't you know that's a JOB CREATOR gonna hire hisself a porter! D:

 

[mugs]

Local "feel good" politicians driving business away form local small business to the Internet for no reason. What could go wrong?

It's funny that you think a 5 cent bag tax is going to cause anyone to shop elsewhere. A few diehard teabaggers might do it out of spite (or at least claim to do so on the Internet), but no one is going to shop elsewhere to avoid paying a few cents on what is usually a $100+ shopping trip.

 

[spidey07]

It's funny that you think a 5 cent bag tax is going to cause anyone to shop elsewhere. A few diehard teabaggers might do it out of spite (or at least claim to do so on the Internet), but no one is going to shop elsewhere to avoid paying a few cents on what is usually a $100+ shopping trip.

Bullshit. As it is the only local store I use is for highly perishables. It's the principle of the matter.

Delivered to my door is better service and better on principle than paying a tax.

Of a fucking bag!

 

[mugs]

Bullshit. As it is the only local store I use is for highly perishables. It's the principle of the matter.

Delivered to my door is better service and better on principle than paying a tax.

Of a fucking bag!

What? I included you in the diehard teabagger group.

 

[Bignate603]

People are the problem , not the bags. Also there are bags on the market that are biodegradable. If you look at who finances the ads and PR for the re-usable bags it is the bag makers.

I agree that people are the problem, but there's nothing wrong with giving an incentive to change. Without any incentive nobody will ever change their habits. I've got to pull plastic bags out of the plants in my front yard multiple times a week. If this makes people less likely to litter with their bags I welcome it.

 

[spidey07]

I agree that people are the problem, but there's nothing wrong with giving an incentive to change. Without any incentive nobody will ever change their habits. I've got to pull plastic bags out of the plants in my front yard multiple times a week. If this makes people less likely to litter with their bags I welcome it.

Thats the last straw. We should make littering illegal. That way it will never happen.

 

[mugs]

Thats the last straw. We should make littering illegal. That way it will never happen.

This level of stupidity should be painful.

 

[ShawnD1]

I don't recycle either. Biggest scam there ever was.

Depends on what it is. Glass is a total waste of time. It'll take trillions of years before we run out of sand to melt down into glass. I only take my bottles back because there's a deposit on them. Plastic is a waste of time too. It would make a lot more sense to burn the plastic and use it for energy, like Japan does. Paper is a waste of time too. Burning paper would be easy and it would be used to generate electricity. Recycling paper takes a lot of effort and bleaching and chemicals and a bunch of other crap.
Metal is the one thing that should always be recycled. It's easier to recycle aluminum than it is to make new aluminum. Copper is really god damn expensive, so it makes sense to recycle it.

I've got to pull plastic bags out of the plants in my front yard multiple times a week. If this makes people less likely to litter with their bags I welcome it.

Do you live in the ghetto? I've never actually seen paper or plastic garbage blow onto my lawn. It messes with my head when I see a chocolate bar wrapper on the ground because it's such a rare thing to see.

 

[0roo0roo]

It's a stupid idea, like pissing on a bonfire. It can make people who've driven their 20 mpg vehicle from their climate controlled home feel better that they brought their own hemp bags but fvck's sake it's a joke. The amount of plastic in an actual grocery bag is virtually nil, certainly not even approaching .1% of the total waste a person typically creates.

yep, basically an empty green gesture, at the cost of massive inconvenience to everyone...and perhaps more packaging used on products to compensate for the lack of bags.

 

[mugs]

Do you live in the ghetto? I've never actually seen paper or plastic garbage blow onto my lawn. It messes with my head when I see a chocolate bar wrapper on the ground because it's such a rare thing to see.

I used to live on the main road through a town with a median family income of $113k, and I could regularly fill entire trash bags with litter from my lawn. It wasn't noticeable, because it was spread out over a large area by the wind, but it always amazed me how much I could find.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

They implemented a similar law here (India). The idea is to reduce the amount of plastic waste. Works pretty well. I see a lot of canvas bags around.

 

[JimmiG]

so i just went to 7-11 to get a couple snacks, and when the transaction was done the lady was just like 'thank you' and didnt put my items in a bag. so i asked her if she could put it in a bag and she was like 'it is now 5 cents for a bag' and i was like 'are you seroius?' and she said yea, but would just give me the bag this time for free.

i was like wtf? i went there yesterday and got a bag and had no mention of it, so i guess it is something they started this new year.

i just thought this was very odd and a kinda wtf thing. more the principle than anything though.

Swedish stores have been doing that for decades. Better for the environment. It *is* possible to use the same bag more than once.

 

[mnewsham]

Bullshit. As it is the only local store I use is for highly perishables. It's the principle of the matter.

Delivered to my door is better service and better on principle than paying a tax.

Of a fucking bag!

Alright so if we charge you 10% more for EVERY item you buy but just tack it onto the cost and make it a hidden fee that is better for you right? After all you wont know what you are paying for, or even if you are paying for something extra at all. Wont be a damn tax, your "principle" is saved. And you give them MORE money

Win-win?

 

[randomrogue]

Sweden also charges 20-30 cents. It's probably more effective at that price. 5 cents is really not doing much.

 

[dmcowen674]

Sweden also charges 20-30 cents. It's probably more effective at that price. 5 cents is really not doing much.

You're right, it should be $20 a bag

 

[Bignate603]

Do you live in the ghetto? I've never actually seen paper or plastic garbage blow onto my lawn. It messes with my head when I see a chocolate bar wrapper on the ground because it's such a rare thing to see.

It's not a bad area, I live on a corner lot near the entrance to the neighborhood and crap blows in from a very busy road. When you've got thousands of cars driving through there daily there will always be some moron that tosses his crap out the window.

 

[alkemyst]

Around here people beg for a fucking bag for a single gatorade usually and then throw it in the trash can right next to the front door.

I'd imagine that is part of the driving force behind this. If people were buying enough to need a bag instead of just insisting on one, they'd be happy to throw it in free.

 

[HeXen]

I think Aldi's is about the only store i've ever seen that has things right. not just bags and using their empty boxes. But the forcing of using a quarter to use a shopping cart. It forces the lazy to actually put the damn thing where it belongs. at least so far i've never seen a cart out in their lot.
Only thing that sucks there is cant use CC's and only 1 line open with lots of ppl waiting. trashy ppl i should add. like really trashy, worse than Walmart trashy folk.

 

[spidey07]

I think Aldi's is about the only store i've ever seen that has things right. not just bags and using their empty boxes. But the forcing of using a quarter to use a shopping cart. It forces the lazy to actually put the damn thing where it belongs. at least so far i've never seen a cart out in their lot.
Only thing that sucks there is cant use CC's and only 1 line open with lots of ppl waiting. trashy ppl i should add. like really trashy, worse than Walmart trashy folk.

Sounds exactly like my travels in Europe.

Fuck that shit.