I went to stay a couple of months in the US and of course I brought my reusable bag to the übermarket. The cashier didn't want to fill it. She insisted to use single-use bags :|
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2024
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My local grocery store doesn't have a self checkout and I swear they must assume they heard me wrong when I ask them not to bag things. :(
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Why America tho? There have been reusable only bags in grocery stores for a long time now.
In Austin, there was a short period of time where all grocery stores were legally required to ditch plastic bags.
A successful campaign strategy for city council right after that was to run against the plastic bag ban because people kept forgetting their reusable bags. Everybody agreed they are bad but individualism and a sense of laziness prevailed. This is America.
I'm not sure Texas counts
Depends on the state/area.
I know at least in Georgia (US), they still had those tissue paper thin bags at Target when I was there on business earlier in the year. They may have had reusable bags that you could buy didn't notice any), yet I didn't see a single person using one.
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Where do you live?
Yeah, but depending on the state, they're not widely adopted. A lot of people aren't going to spend the extra money for reusable bags unless they're forced to.
How dare you taking away jobs from the people that put your groceries in plastic bags at Walmart /s
It’s OK my local Walmart will force you to do your own checking out in the future anyway.
I use them all a second time as a wet bag, refuse bag, etc. not perfect but better than just tossing them right away
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Bah, be a real environmentalist and don't bring any bags.