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Post by basketdiva on Jul 31, 2021 16:26:45 GMT
For those members in Washington, a heads up on the plastic bag ban. It will go into effect in October. If you don't bring your own resusable bag into the store, you will be charged $.08 plus tax for the store's bags. No more single use bags.
I thinking that many stores will start using the recyclable WA plastic bag ban green or brown compostable bags and not charge customers. |
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Post by birukitty on Jul 31, 2021 16:35:44 GMT
I think this is great! I wish more states would do this.
When I was in Germany on a trip in 2017 this was the law and I was staying in an airbnb apartment in Munich for a few days. I went to the grocery store and didn't know about this law. I had to pay for a bag, but the next time I went I was prepared.
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Post by kate on Jul 31, 2021 16:42:02 GMT
I pay $.25-$.35 when I forget my bag in NYC - $.08 is a bargain!
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Post by Restless Spirit on Jul 31, 2021 16:43:34 GMT
Interesting. Every single store I have been in since the beginning of the pandemic has banned the use of bags brought in by the customers. You can only buy a reusable bag right then and there, but you could not bring it back in and use it. There are still signs in all the grocery stores around here saying you can’t use your own bags.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 31, 2021 16:48:01 GMT
Interesting. Every single store I have been in since the beginning of the pandemic has banned the use of bags brought in by the customers. You can only buy a reusable bag right then and there, but you could not bring it back in and use it. There are still signs in all the grocery stores around here saying you can’t use your own bags. We've been able to take our own bags for the last 4-6 months or so. Colorado will have the ban as well. I don't always take ny bags in and just have them put the items back into the cart and then i bag at ny car |
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Post by katlady on Jul 31, 2021 16:55:27 GMT
Interesting. Every single store I have been in since the beginning of the pandemic has banned the use of bags brought in by the customers. You can only buy a reusable bag right then and there, but you could not bring it back in and use it. There are still signs in all the grocery stores around here saying you can’t use your own bags. In my area, during the height of the pandemic, grocery stores did not allow you to bring your own bags into the store, but they did give out their own bags for free. We can now use our own bags again. The store that was the last to allow you to bring in your own bags was Trader Joe's. During the pandemic, they gave out their bags for free, like all the other stores. But during the early part of this year, they still didn't allow your own bags but they started once again charging $0.10 for their bags! I thought that was so unfair, so I would refuse the bag. My own little form of protest.  |
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Post by malibou on Jul 31, 2021 17:07:20 GMT
Interesting. Every single store I have been in since the beginning of the pandemic has banned the use of bags brought in by the customers. You can only buy a reusable bag right then and there, but you could not bring it back in and use it. There are still signs in all the grocery stores around here saying you can’t use your own bags. In my area, during the height of the pandemic, grocery stores did not allow you to bring your own bags into the store, but they did give out their own bags for free. We can now use our own bags again. The store that was the last to allow you to bring in your own bags was Trader Joe's. During the pandemic, they gave out their bags for free, like all the other stores. But during the early part of this year, they still didn't allow your own bags but they started once again charging $0.10 for their bags! I thought that was so unfair, so I would refuse the bag. My own little form of protest. At our Trader Joe's they asked if you wanted a bag, that you pay for, or if you wanted your items put back in your cart so you could bag them yourself at a station they had set up outside for this purpose. |
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jul 31, 2021 17:14:07 GMT
They are .10 here and have been for a while. I’m really surprised that Washington didn’t have this already. Wonder if Oregon does. I just figured the west coast all did.
Early in the pandemic stores were giving out bags but that changed a while ago. We have been back to taking our own bags for quite a while. I would just put stuff back in the cart if I forgot my bag snd then bag when putting stuff in my car. The few times at TJ I didn’t want to use their station outside and preferred to just do it at my car it seemed like one less step snd a few less germs.
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Post by katlady on Jul 31, 2021 17:15:20 GMT
At our Trader Joe's they asked if you wanted a bag, that you pay for, or if you wanted your items put back in your cart so you could bag them yourself at a station they had set up outside for this purpose. We couldn't even bring our own bags into the store, I had to return my bags to my car one time. So, I would just roll the cart to my car and bag the groceries there. |
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Post by malibou on Jul 31, 2021 17:20:00 GMT
At our Trader Joe's they asked if you wanted a bag, that you pay for, or if you wanted your items put back in your cart so you could bag them yourself at a station they had set up outside for this purpose. We couldn't even bring our own bags into the store, I had to return my bags to my car one time. So, I would just roll the cart to my car and bag the groceries there. I have a pouch I carry my bags in and they never commented. Before they set up the bagging station, they would let me just stand back from the check stand and let me load my bags. Weird how differently things were done store to store. |
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Jul 31, 2021 17:21:26 GMT
A lot of cities banned bags a while ago so hopefully many will be used to it. Having a statewide ban will actually make things easier so you don’t have to remember which stores do and which don’t, even though I try to always bring bags but occasionally do forget.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 31, 2021 17:26:28 GMT
There is a supermarket here called Super Fresh that has bags made out of corn. I have never been to one, but someone brought me some stuff from there. Yes, they are compostable.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jul 31, 2021 17:27:44 GMT
We couldn't even bring our own bags into the store, I had to return my bags to my car one time. So, I would just roll the cart to my car and bag the groceries there. I have a pouch I carry my bags in and they never commented. Before they set up the bagging station, they would let me just stand back from the check stand and let me load my bags. Weird how differently things were done store to store. Here they let me bring them in but I had to place them under my cart. They wouldn’t let you use them. They had a station outside where you could use them but honestly I forgot about it. |
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Post by Layce on Jul 31, 2021 17:28:17 GMT
So what do “their” bags look like? Who gets to decide, at point of purchase, that the bag is acceptable. I just always use the bag(s) with the store’s name on them and never have a problem. But I’ve read articles about how reuse bags get pretty nasty. That’s a problem. I spray mine down occasionally with rubbing alcohol is all.  Layce |
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Post by katlady on Jul 31, 2021 17:32:30 GMT
So what do “their” bags look like? They are generally thicker plastic bags. Yes, still plastic! But, the thought is that since they are very thick, people will reuse them several times. Trader Joe's bags are paper. |
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Post by bc2ca on Jul 31, 2021 17:40:40 GMT
Interesting. Every single store I have been in since the beginning of the pandemic has banned the use of bags brought in by the customers. You can only buy a reusable bag right then and there, but you could not bring it back in and use it. There are still signs in all the grocery stores around here saying you can’t use your own bags. Where are you? When reusable bags were initially banned during the pandemic in San Diego (not sure if it was a county or state ban), the charge for single use bags was waived for months. I ended up with so many paper Trader Joe's bags that I asked them just to reload my cart and I'd bag at the car. The next transition was to allow us to bring in reusable bags but we had to bag items ourselves. Things have been back to normal as far as the store bagging for us for months now. At our Trader Joe's they asked if you wanted a bag, that you pay for, or if you wanted your items put back in your cart so you could bag them yourself at a station they had set up outside for this purpose. Ours never had a bagging station, but they would happily reload the cart so I could bag at my car. I'm really surprised WA hasn't already had a statewide single use plastic bag ban. I know some cities have had bans in place for a while. |
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Post by bc2ca on Jul 31, 2021 17:47:27 GMT
So what do “their” bags look like? Who gets to decide, at point of purchase, that the bag is acceptable. I just always use the bag(s) with the store’s name on them and never have a problem. But I’ve read articles about how reuse bags get pretty nasty. That’s a problem. I spray mine down occasionally with rubbing alcohol is all. You can bring any bag you want into the store. Plastic, cloth, net, leather, etc., with whatever logos/store names on them. No one is going to judge the acceptability of your bags.  I like the Trader Joe's reusable bags and toss them in the washing machine every once in a while. |
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Post by craftedbys on Jul 31, 2021 17:55:44 GMT
Question. What will stores do for the pickup and delivery orders?
Drives me nuts the number of plastic bags that my Walmart delivery order comes in. Like the shopper will many times put one item per bag, even lightweight things or things from the same aisle.
Will they pass that cost onto consumers? Frankly, I would be very salty to be charged per bag when the shoppers make no effort to conserve bags.
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Post by katlady on Jul 31, 2021 17:58:48 GMT
Question. What will stores do for the pickup and delivery orders? I did a pick-up order at Target once. I selected "no bag" since it was just one item. Well, they still gave it to me in a bag and they still charged me for the bag! |
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Post by voltagain on Jul 31, 2021 18:18:19 GMT
Question. What will stores do for the pickup and delivery orders? Drives me nuts the number of plastic bags that my Walmart delivery order comes in. Like the shopper will many times put one item per bag, even lightweight things or things from the same aisle. Will they pass that cost onto consumers? Frankly, I would be very salty to be charged per bag when the shoppers make no effort to conserve bags. That is what I was wondering as well. It drives me nuts when they put so little into a bag! Last week I got a bag with a small can of diced green chilis. That can could have been put in the bag with some boxed food I bought. They also bag things I would not have bagged like milk and juice with a handle. |
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Post by basketdiva on Jul 31, 2021 18:23:53 GMT
So what do “their” bags look like? Who gets to decide, at point of purchase, that the bag is acceptable. I just always use the bag(s) with the store’s name on them and never have a problem. But I’ve read articles about how reuse bags get pretty nasty. That’s a problem. I spray mine down occasionally with rubbing alcohol is all. Layce In WA "Are there any restrictions on customers bringing their own bags? No. Customers are encouraged to bring and reuse their own bags when they shop. Some businesses may require customers to bag their own groceries in reusable bags. Customers should clean and disinfect their hands and reusable bags frequently." |
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Post by basketdiva on Jul 31, 2021 18:26:30 GMT
So what do “their” bags look like? Who gets to decide, at point of purchase, that the bag is acceptable. I just always use the bag(s) with the store’s name on them and never have a problem. But I’ve read articles about how reuse bags get pretty nasty. That’s a problem. I spray mine down occasionally with rubbing alcohol is all. You can bring any bag you want into the store. Plastic, cloth, net, leather, etc., with whatever logos/store names on them. No one is going to judge the acceptability of your bags. I like the Trader Joe's reusable bags and toss them in the washing machine every once in a while. The ban was supposed to start January 2021 but delayed due to the pandemic. We shopped at Target a couple of months ago and they were already charging for their reusable bags. We paid the $.08 and now keep it in the car. It is a much thicker plastic. |
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Post by basketdiva on Jul 31, 2021 18:32:15 GMT
There are green or brown compostable bags available that look similar to the ones that are going to be banned. I'm sure Walmart and other grocery stores will now go to those bags for online orders. Not sure how a stores that have you bag your own groceries will be able to keep count of bags customers use.
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Post by katlady on Jul 31, 2021 18:39:11 GMT
Not sure how a stores that have you bag your own groceries will be able to keep count of bags customers use. Honor system! At the self-checkouts, the machine will ask how many bags did you use. It is up to you to answer honestly or not. No one checks! Even at Winco, where you bag your own groceries but it's not self-checkout, the bags are at the end and no one checks how many you grab. The cashier is already on to her next customer while you are still bagging. |
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Post by magellen on Jul 31, 2021 18:45:20 GMT
If you don’t use the bags at Walmart they will stop you at the door. The people at the door aren’t trained to check carts against receipts.
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 31, 2021 18:46:19 GMT
Question. What will stores do for the pickup and delivery orders? Drives me nuts the number of plastic bags that my Walmart delivery order comes in. Like the shopper will many times put one item per bag, even lightweight things or things from the same aisle. Will they pass that cost onto consumers? Frankly, I would be very salty to be charged per bag when the shoppers make no effort to conserve bags. That is what I was wondering as well. It drives me nuts when they put so little into a bag! Last week I got a bag with a small can of diced green chilis. That can could have been put in the bag with some boxed food I bought. They also bag things I would not have bagged like milk and juice with a handle. . I was wondering the same thing about the grocery pickup it drives me insane how many bags they use but I love the convenience of grocery store pickup. I wish they would just put all the food in the crate and let me bag it when they're dropping it off. Some stores here have already been charging me the 8 cents if I wanted to purchase a bag. I shop so much in Oregon I honestly just remember to bring my bag in pretty well now, but the few times I forgot and I just shoved stuff in my purse like a crazy lady. |
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 31, 2021 18:50:59 GMT
Also one of the grocery stores I shop at that charges for the bag is where I buy most of my produce. I never bag anything from the produce section. They're all fine without a bag. The other day the man bagging for me bagged every single thing in a paper bag. My single tomato, my avocado, my onions (each type got their own bag!) my bananas, my zucchini, each got a bag. I came home with 12 paper bags I didn't want. It was insane, next time I will stop him before he starts.
It just made me think that I wish they would start charging for the plastic bags and paper bags people use to bag the produce. None of that stuff needs bags. I don't get it, it kills me to see these people with all the plastic they use for their vegetables.
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Post by malibou on Jul 31, 2021 19:25:44 GMT
Also one of the grocery stores I shop at that charges for the bag is where I buy most of my produce. I never bag anything from the produce section. They're all fine without a bag. The other day the man bagging for me bagged every single thing in a paper bag. My single tomato, my avocado, my onions (each type got their own bag!) my bananas, my zucchini, each got a bag. I came home with 12 paper bags I didn't want. It was insane, next time I will stop him before he starts. It just made me think that I wish they would start charging for the plastic bags and paper bags people use to bag the produce. None of that stuff needs bags. I don't get it, it kills me to see these people with all the plastic they use for their vegetables. I use lingerie mesh bags that I bought in a 4-pack at the dollar store to bag my produce. When I first started doing it, the check out clerks would constantly tell me that I was paying extra for the weight of my own bag. Lol it's pennies at best. |
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Post by epeanymous on Jul 31, 2021 19:50:32 GMT
They’ve charged for bags in Seattle for some time.
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Jul 31, 2021 22:04:27 GMT
Also one of the grocery stores I shop at that charges for the bag is where I buy most of my produce. I never bag anything from the produce section. They're all fine without a bag. The other day the man bagging for me bagged every single thing in a paper bag. My single tomato, my avocado, my onions (each type got their own bag!) my bananas, my zucchini, each got a bag. I came home with 12 paper bags I didn't want. It was insane, next time I will stop him before he starts. It just made me think that I wish they would start charging for the plastic bags and paper bags people use to bag the produce. None of that stuff needs bags. I don't get it, it kills me to see these people with all the plastic they use for their vegetables. Years and years ago I was a grocery checker and would see people put drippy meat on the conveyor belt without a bag and sometimes you physically cannot stop and disinfect the belt before it rolls under. Then I would cringe when someone set their unwrapped leafy lettuce on that same belt. |
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