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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
The fact that the bag is made from 100% recycled materials and will itself becomes recycled material is why this is especially so f-cking stupid.
This whole push to reusable bags as created a hell of a lot more reusable bag waste for me. Going to the store is often a spur of the moment thing; driving home from where ever, "oh, I have a moment, I should stop by at Co-op for groceries" and bam, I don't have the reusable bag I bought on-hand, because I left it in my apartment. Once I get about seven of them sitting in my pantry, all but two go in the trash so "next time" I'll be prepared and have them with me. Then I don't, and we repeat the cycle.
I bought a 10-roll of Co-op's compostable bags and I just keep them in the map pocket of the RRS. When I get to Co-op, I grab two. They're nice and compact, and when I get them home, they're compostable, so I don't need to remember to take a bag down to the car again. Best of both worlds.
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Understood.
But the "reusable bags" are just plastic bags, but worse. It's another item on the list of shallow environmental measures that don't actually help, but sound good to voters.
This one feels like a mini version of Germany phasing out Nuclear power to be "green" and replacing it with coal. I wouldn't be surprised if Canada now spends more energy creating grocery bags than before the ban.
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Don't get me wrong, gentlemen: I agree. It's to the point that it's silly, and I would wager the push to use re-usable bags has led to more energy use and more waste overall. I was super-miffed that I recently had to buy a cloth bag from the New Horizon Co-op (Grande Prairie region) because they had no paper bags to sell; I just happened to be travelling for work and didn't have another bag on-hand at the time. It's a bag that I will scarcely ever use again, I'll probably end up throwing it out.