Subj : Self serve checkout
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Dec 21 2023 06:01:09

  Re: Self serve checkout
  By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Wed Dec 20 2023 09:00 am

 > I thought so also.  IMHO, if someone was concerned about the environment,
 > they'd buy some of the more sturdy (usually cloth or some synthetic) bags
 > and take those into the store with them.  The bags in question, being
 > similar to the regular bags, just thicker, don't seem like something you
 > could keep around near as long as the reusable alternatives, and also don't
 > seem like something that would disintegrate as fast as the regular plastic
 > bags.  Sounds more like a lose-lose.
 > 

A sturdy reusable bag takes as much plastic to produce as 40 expendable bags.

I am not sure most people uses reusable bags for long enough to break even.
Some people does but I don't think most do.

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