wtf, canada charges 5 cents for plastic bags?

[sdifox]

It's a social behaviour change initiative. 5 cent is charged so that it will sting, but not too much, hoping you will change to reusuable bags. Personally, I would have just put a bin in the store where people can bring in any unused bags and whoever wants them can take them. Walmart has a bin for the bags but I don't think you can take them out.

I have a dozen of the reusable bags.

 

[n7]

I re-use the bags for garbage cans at home.

Otherwise i'd have to buy bags :frown:

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Also, re: stores charging 5 cents per bag. "Hey look, everyone! We're green, we care about the environment! (And, we're increasing profits!)"

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

On the other hand, if you like the bags so much and find them useful then you shouldn't have a problem paying a meager 5c. It's not evil for a corporation or company to want to increase profits, although playing on the eco angle is perhaps ethically dubious.

Why should I pay for something that has always been provided free of charge? The cost of the bags hasn't gone up.

I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

Then bring your own goddamn bag

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

Then bring your own goddamn bag

No. Bring your own nickel charging bag store!

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

Then bring your own goddamn bag

Why should I have the extra expense and hassle? So the company can save .1¢ per bag?

Fuck that.

Edit: I forgot, the company also gets to boast about how "green" they are. :roll:

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
http://www.thespec.com/News/Business/article/587181

this morning @ the variety store, i noticed a sign posted by the cashier that said "we are now charging 5 cents per plastic bag, it's the law".

i wasn't aware there was an actual law... 0_0

It definitely shouldn't be, at least in the US. How you guys go about legislating day-to-day life is your affair 😛

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: meltdown75
http://www.thespec.com/News/Business/article/587181

this morning @ the variety store, i noticed a sign posted by the cashier that said "we are now charging 5 cents per plastic bag, it's the law".

i wasn't aware there was an actual law... 0_0

It definitely shouldn't be, at least in the US. How you guys go about legislating day-to-day life is your affair 😛

C'est la loi!

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I wish we did this in the US. The only place that I know charges here is Ikea.

Feel free to give stores a nickel for each bag you get from them.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: spaceman
fvck that
i dont wanna be like shoplifter or looter what am i supposed 2 do
carry the shitout with me.
if im buyin enought o be put in a bag i want a bag +it 2 the cost of the stuff

Congrats. You hammered away at your keyboard and said nothing.

 

[NoCreativity]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: NoCreativity

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Also, re: stores charging 5 cents per bag. "Hey look, everyone! We're green, we care about the environment! (And, we're increasing profits!)"

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

On the other hand, if you like the bags so much and find them useful then you shouldn't have a problem paying a meager 5c. It's not evil for a corporation or company to want to increase profits, although playing on the eco angle is perhaps ethically dubious.

I imagine the cost was already built into the price of the products. DrPizza is correct, profit grab under a different name.

Just get a reusable bag. Problem solved.

Like somone else said in the thread, when they start charging the fee, they will lose a customer. When the gas stations started charging more for credit last year (claiming that they didn't already account for that in the price) I quit going to the stations that charged two different prices. Same will apply with the bag situation.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

Then bring your own goddamn bag

Why should I have the extra expense and hassle? So the company can save .1¢ per bag?

Fuck that.

You cry more than the supposed "eco nazis" that you're so frustrated by. Ha ha. Wha whaaa.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

Then bring your own goddamn bag

Why should I have the extra expense and hassle? So the company can save .1¢ per bag?

Fuck that.

Edit: I forgot, the company also gets to boast about how "green" they are. :roll:

no douchebag so you don't waste the fucking bag

Stop thinking about "ZOMG what a hassle, I'm bringing my own bag" and instead think "that's 1 less plastic bag I have to throw away"

 

[Kntx]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

Then bring your own goddamn bag

Why should I have the extra expense and hassle? So the company can save .1¢ per bag?

Fuck that.

Edit: I forgot, the company also gets to boast about how "green" they are. :roll:

You don't get it. There are real results. I for one am sick of seeing plastic bags stuck in trees. I am sick of seeing them at the side of the road. I'm sick of seeing them blowing around in the wind (NO IT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL).

The stores don't brag about how green they are. They just ask for your 5 cents. But not my 5 cents because I bring my own bags.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

Then bring your own goddamn bag

Why should I have the extra expense and hassle? So the company can save .1¢ per bag?

Fuck that.

Edit: I forgot, the company also gets to boast about how "green" they are. :roll:

no douchebag so you don't waste the fucking bag

Stop thinking about "ZOMG what a hassle, I'm bringing my own bag" and instead think "that's 1 less plastic bag I have to throw away"

No, it's "Now I have to buy bags to use for cat litter, bathroom trash can, trash can under the sink, trash bags for cleaning out the car, trash bags for cleaning out the gutters, trash bags to suffocate hookers with, trash bags for emptying the vacuum cleaner..."

 

[Gooberlx2]

Pretty sure such similar laws/taxes/fees have been proposed in Colorado and other places in the US as well.

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I reuse plastic bags as trash bags or kitty litter bags. You can't just make a blanket statement that all plastic bags are bad for the environment...

The irony being that some of the most bio-degradable stuff is being preserved within some of the least bio-degradable stuff for all time.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
No, it's "Now I have to buy bags to use for cat litter, bathroom trash can, trash can under the sink, trash bags for cleaning out the car, trash bags for cleaning out the gutters, trash bags to suffocate hookers with, trash bags for emptying the vacuum cleaner..."

That's what Target bags are for 🙂 Target clearly has the best shopping bags. Thicker, no holes, perfect size.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
No, it's "Now I have to buy bags to use for cat litter, bathroom trash can, trash can under the sink, trash bags for cleaning out the car, trash bags for cleaning out the gutters, trash bags to suffocate hookers with, trash bags for emptying the vacuum cleaner..."

That's what Target bags are for 🙂 Target clearly has the best shopping bags. Thicker, no holes, perfect size.

I just don't want to have to pay extra for the bags 😉

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

I just don't want to have to pay extra for the bags 😉

Think of the greater good 😉

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't appreciate being nickle-and-dimed out of my money. Especially under false pretenses.

Then bring your own goddamn bag

Why should I have the extra expense and hassle? So the company can save .1¢ per bag?

Fuck that.

Edit: I forgot, the company also gets to boast about how "green" they are. :roll:

no douchebag so you don't waste the fucking bag

Stop thinking about "ZOMG what a hassle, I'm bringing my own bag" and instead think "that's 1 less plastic bag I have to throw away"

Originally posted by: MrPickins
I reuse plastic bags as trash bags or kitty litter bags. You can't just make a blanket statement that all plastic bags are bad for the environment...

From earlier in this thread.

The real douche here is the one who wants to force their eco-values on everyone.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
No, it's "Now I have to buy bags to use for cat litter, bathroom trash can, trash can under the sink, trash bags for cleaning out the car, trash bags for cleaning out the gutters, trash bags to suffocate hookers with, trash bags for emptying the vacuum cleaner..."

So you admit that they're supremely useful, but you're pissed that you have to pay a whole 5c for them?

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

I just don't want to have to pay extra for the bags 😉

Think of the greater good 😉

Instead of paying extra for bags, wouldn't it serve the greater good just as much to provide incentives for recycling old bags?

Coupons, gift cards, ect.

But that would cost the company money instead of the consumer...

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

I just don't want to have to pay extra for the bags 😉

Think of the greater good 😉

Instead of paying extra for bags, wouldn't it serve the greater good just as much to provide incentives for recycling old bags?

Coupons, gift cards, ect.

But that would cost the company money instead of the consumer...

Your proposal
Buy stuff -> get bags -> recycle bags -> buy stuff -> get bags -> recycle bags
= 1 new bag everytime you go shopping + you having to bring the bag back to recycle + energy required to recycle bag = money + resources at every turn

Current
Buy Stuff -> buy reusable bag -> buy stuff -> use your own goddamn bag
= 1 initial expenditure in terms of money and resources

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

I just don't want to have to pay extra for the bags 😉

Think of the greater good 😉

Instead of paying extra for bags, wouldn't it serve the greater good just as much to provide incentives for recycling old bags?

Coupons, gift cards, ect.

But that would cost the company money instead of the consumer...

Your proposal
Buy stuff -> get bags -> recycle bags -> buy stuff -> get bags -> recycle bags
= 1 new bag everytime you go shopping + you having to bring the bag back to recycle + energy required to recycle bag = money + resources at every turn

Current
Buy Stuff -> buy reusable bag -> buy stuff -> use your own goddamn bag
= 1 initial expenditure in terms of money and resources

Fine then. Instead of offering incentives for recycling, how about incentives for bringing reusable bags?

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Fine then. Instead of offering incentives for recycling, how about incentives for bringing reusable bags?

There is an incentive, they won't charge you 5 cents =P