tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post5031006452861062185..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Shopping bag taxUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-65002759498319549362009-08-19T12:45:13.334-07:002009-08-19T12:45:13.334-07:00Our local Kroger takes 5 cents off for each bag yo...Our local Kroger takes 5 cents off for each bag you bring in. The 5 cents then goes into a fund and if someone comes in without a bag they are given one. It works really well and I am starting to see a lot of people using the bags.<br /><br />I've been using canvas bags since 1993 when we lived on an AF base in Germany. The BX handed them out!<br /><br />KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-83696529475630728182009-08-19T09:51:10.158-07:002009-08-19T09:51:10.158-07:00Money is a very strong motivator - I would LOVE to...Money is a very strong motivator - I would LOVE to have a fee (or tax) for disposable bag use! It would certainly remind my hubby that a bag isn't just something to ignore and toss "away" later!Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273431755984995387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-64530949831065291982009-08-19T09:47:37.161-07:002009-08-19T09:47:37.161-07:00I wish our community would enact a plastic bag ban...I wish our community would enact a plastic bag ban but it's not likely to happen in my lifetime. My husband and I use our fabric bags 99% of the time but we still wind up with a few which we use for the trash twice a week. With composting, recycling and reusing, we only fill 2 small bags a week. The 2 newspapers we get everyday come in plastic sleeves - it used to drive me crazy. But then ourdee deenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-68544770824765870342009-08-18T19:54:34.849-07:002009-08-18T19:54:34.849-07:00Tigerlilly, we didn't like BioBags, either, al...Tigerlilly, we didn't like BioBags, either, although we sure wanted to. We buy Seventh Generation bags for the kitchen and "go commando" elsewhere (no bags in bathrooms, laundry room, or office). If there's something really messy to throw away, we just take it to the kitchen. It's been much easier than expected.Pheasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-66562926191543057772009-08-18T15:48:14.998-07:002009-08-18T15:48:14.998-07:00Aha, thanks for pointing out the link, Crunchy. I...Aha, thanks for pointing out the link, Crunchy. I'm always speed reading; and the plastic bags always seem to get all the press!<br /><br />I'll also comment that when I've traveled in Asia and S. America, the amount of plastic bags used and then floating around everywhere is extremely dismaying. They have much worse control over the trash, and people litter terribly. It was Colleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-2493337469103059972009-08-18T15:06:22.774-07:002009-08-18T15:06:22.774-07:00My concern wouldn't be the tax itself, but wha...My concern wouldn't be the tax itself, but what the government is going to do with the money they collect from the tax. <br /><br />I have to admit that shopping at Aldi and Trader Joes both reinforced the reusable bag habit. Aldi by charging for the bag and Trader Joe's by putting your name in for a giveaway if you BYOBag. It's now a habit to grab my reusable bags from the car trunk Lisa Nelsen-Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731962631056727458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-61835683307183694622009-08-18T12:29:15.814-07:002009-08-18T12:29:15.814-07:00Pretty much all the stores I frequent offer a 5 ce...Pretty much all the stores I frequent offer a 5 cent incentive to bring your own bags, but I really don't think it works. If the amount was higher, maybe people would think about it.<br /><br />Some of the funds collected will support the program itself and the remainder will help offset solid-waste rate increases and fund recycling programs.<br /><br />This fee affects both plastic and paperCrunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-6017539468100840912009-08-18T11:29:23.833-07:002009-08-18T11:29:23.833-07:00I understand the preference for a "positive&q...I understand the preference for a "positive" savings rather than a "negative" (or punitive) tax. However, having lived in a town with a grocery store that discounted $.05 per bag, and another across the street that didn't, there was no appreciable difference in disposable bag usage between the two. The discount just didn't seem to matter at all to people. For some Robyn M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08885081377174592304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-8888244840571226422009-08-18T11:27:51.362-07:002009-08-18T11:27:51.362-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robyn M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08885081377174592304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-51171859207750778442009-08-18T11:05:29.552-07:002009-08-18T11:05:29.552-07:00I also don't live in Seattle anymore so won...I also don't live in Seattle anymore so won't be voting on this. However, I'm an engineer and in our environmental engineering class we went through the carbon footprint for plastic v. paper bags. Both can be recycled, neither degrades in landfills (basically nothing degrades in landfills anymore). However, paper bags consume significantly more (I don't remember exactly but it Colleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-71684809103050683222009-08-18T09:42:34.420-07:002009-08-18T09:42:34.420-07:00I would absolutely vote for a tax like this. Unfo...I would absolutely vote for a tax like this. Unfortunately, here in Northeast Texas it isn't likely to even APPEAR on a ballot, let alone pass. (We Texans have a moral right to our plastic bags, doncha know? Kind of like guns, and don't get me started on that!) The Brookshire's grocery stores and their discount chain, Super 1, also give you a nickel for every bag you bring in Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355049728821123373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-41894801732062873852009-08-18T08:42:02.238-07:002009-08-18T08:42:02.238-07:00I would vote for a bag tax. Like Farmer's Dau...I would vote for a bag tax. Like Farmer's Daughter, our local grocery chain here in Lubbock, TX also rewards its customers with 5 cents per reusable bag. Unfortunately, I don't think this positive tactic is as successful as a negative one would be.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888621618130156699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-7119086210357595422009-08-18T08:05:09.725-07:002009-08-18T08:05:09.725-07:00What is your take on this recent NPR article? http...What is your take on this recent NPR article? http://current.com/1fkpm4camandaginnhttp://theginns.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-46398812999188493952009-08-18T07:34:25.329-07:002009-08-18T07:34:25.329-07:00Yikes. Thanks for the reminder, ballots have to be...Yikes. Thanks for the reminder, ballots have to be postmarked by today, don't they? It's been sitting in my mail pile for a month and I'd forgotten about it. I'm voting for it; I already use cloth bags but like the idea of making it law. Initially I was worried about less fortunate folks having trouble with the tax but decided that reusing plastic bags was an option; they don'Sonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991225701647192076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-49744339090046339832009-08-18T07:23:43.841-07:002009-08-18T07:23:43.841-07:00Hi. Long time lurker, first time poster.
A year...Hi. Long time lurker, first time poster. <br />A year ago my husband and I took a week long bike tour in Connemara (Western Ireland.) The bag tax was not the least bit intrusive once we bought our first bag. (Wad it up, put it in pocket, problem solved.) The absence of litter along the road was astounding. I would assume that the bag tax was a big contributor to this. Rural areas at home Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-67742386605065604922009-08-18T07:16:13.793-07:002009-08-18T07:16:13.793-07:00I'm also in Canada, and it seems a lot of chai...I'm also in Canada, and it seems a lot of chain stores are doing it to seem environmentally friendly. Also the discount grocery stores have been doing it forever. You can use a box (that the food is delivered to the store for free) or you own bag or get charged 10C/bag.<br /><br />What I wonder is that I've always used these bags as garbage bags. Now that I 95% of the time use reusableTigerlilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075639059164559112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-66916868468610131632009-08-18T06:48:02.680-07:002009-08-18T06:48:02.680-07:00I would love to vote for this measure!! We (small...I would love to vote for this measure!! We (small town in Northern California) haven't banned bags as of yet but the town has at least banned styrofoam food containers. <br /><br />It would be great if, as the previous poster mentioned, that progress could be made by paying people to bring bags. The stores here have been doing that for at least 10 years and it really hasn't seemed to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-88847202106020180602009-08-18T06:06:24.822-07:002009-08-18T06:06:24.822-07:00Our grocery stores around here deduct 5 cents per ...Our grocery stores around here deduct 5 cents per reusable bag from your total. It's not much, but I think it's better than a tax becuase it's a positive incentive (not negative) to bring your reusable bags. I remember learning way back in psych 101 that positive reinforcement is better than negative, so I guess that's a good thing!Farmer's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993260095409544097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-88896985071184540752009-08-18T06:00:53.612-07:002009-08-18T06:00:53.612-07:00I'm in Seattle and voted for it even though I ...I'm in Seattle and voted for it even though I do have concerns over the logistics of it all. I hope it passes and I also hope that if it passes that lots of the more affluent environmentally minded folks will take the time and $$ to donate a collection of bags to food banks and those who are not able to buy reusable bags as easily.Sadrakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543524437874174529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-19083350143844306442009-08-18T05:52:46.511-07:002009-08-18T05:52:46.511-07:00It took a while but now I've gotten good about...It took a while but now I've gotten good about getting the grocery bags back out to the car when unloaded...helps me to remember them if they are in the front seat where I put my purse.<br /><br />Would it bum me out to pay an extra 20 cents when I stop for one or 2 things at walmart or somwhere else? Probably - but I also have a little bag I keep in my purse for that reason. Its just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-11907441918693385232009-08-18T05:40:43.806-07:002009-08-18T05:40:43.806-07:00I totally agree with Aimee. I've wanted this ...I totally agree with Aimee. I've wanted this sort of tax to be in existance for a long time.Mama Mama Quite Contraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033437220422551511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84935604886111599202009-08-18T05:31:01.453-07:002009-08-18T05:31:01.453-07:00On June 1, the city of Toronto introduced this leg...On June 1, the city of Toronto introduced this legislation, and now people who want to purchase bags are charged 5 cents per bag. It's had mixed reviews in the paper, with many people griping, many people saying hooray, and a lot of people either opting for no bag or for bringing their own. I say good stuff.Little Green Penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873626565561255525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-44303059413221383542009-08-18T05:23:02.277-07:002009-08-18T05:23:02.277-07:00I would adore the shopping bag tax. I live on a mi...I would adore the shopping bag tax. I live on a military base in Korea and the bag waste is out of control. If I forget my bags, the volume of plastic I come home with is often more than the volume of purchased goods. And it does no good to try to stop them. Once I stopped a bagger after she had already put something in a bag. I put it in my purse instead, and she crumpled up the bag and threw itAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826519378969014991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-50328447357880872352009-08-18T05:02:42.612-07:002009-08-18T05:02:42.612-07:00I absolutely would vote for this in my area!I absolutely would vote for this in my area!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908345188374273733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-54816442653707776392009-08-18T04:57:58.044-07:002009-08-18T04:57:58.044-07:00I sure hope it happens. Eventually the stuff that ...I sure hope it happens. Eventually the stuff that hits the west cost trickles this way and we NEED it.hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.com