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Jul 16, 2019
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runnincoug
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Awesome. After living abroad I believe this is 100% the way to go
Once in the habit, bringing bags with you is no big deal. This is one if the easiest ways to reduce waste and ten cents per bag is nothing but enough to gently change habits
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Smith's Grocery is no longer doing plastic bags
TheLost
7/16/19 11:47am
Stuff like this is so dumb
Twin Roots
7/16/19 11:53am
Pretty sure this is because Smiths cares about the environment.
The Dude Abides
7/16/19 12:01pm
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Buffalo
7/16/19 12:09pm
I’m good. An npr podcast is fun and all but I’ll stick with “Smiths believes they are helping by making this move so
The Dude Abides
7/16/19 12:27pm
I don't have an issue with garbage bags. In this country, at least, they go to a
Kandy
7/16/19 12:39pm
Grocery stores without bags is just like hotel's asking you to reuse towels.
Powerbait DPM studnt
7/17/19 9:54pm
Another good NPR podcast on recycling. China's not taking our plastic anymore.
ag4cougs
7/16/19 1:25pm
More likely the CA, WA model is more profitable.
cdr88
7/16/19 12:31pm
Why is not wanting plastic bags, which fill up landfills and take decades or
Martin Van Nostrand
7/16/19 12:09pm
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Buffalo
7/16/19 12:11pm
I'm open to that argument, though I'm skeptical of the idea that reusable
Martin Van Nostrand
7/16/19 12:17pm
Your best point, and completely valid, choose to shop elsewhere
Twin Roots
7/16/19 12:24pm
If someone works next to you is smoking and they don't give a crap then you're
unctoothman
7/16/19 12:29pm
A friend of mine flew into town from Germany last week
LifelongAP
7/17/19 9:15am
And honestly...shopping in Germany works great. We liked the stores and process
runnincoug
7/17/19 5:07pm
Isn't there a way to make the plastic degrade faster?
Pony Zale
7/16/19 11:58am
The difference is there aren’t 800 billion steel thermoses being thrown out
The Dude Abides
7/16/19 12:15pm
Being environmentally friendly is more than waste
Pony Zale
7/16/19 1:31pm
Just for CB, i read the entire Facebook post to find the facts..
TheLost
7/16/19 12:03pm
I support this. It seems obvious we have a problem with plastic waste,
Kandy
7/16/19 12:10pm
Man, Smith's must be doing well with all the changes they are making that aren't
westsidecoug
7/16/19 12:28pm
I think outright bans are silly. If people want plastic,
KingDave
7/16/19 12:29pm
First they stop accepting Visa CC’s and now this?! Ugh. Harmon’s it is then.
cougarnerd
7/16/19 1:04pm
You can't use debit? Or reuse a bag?
Dissenter
7/16/19 1:16pm
Imagine using debit cards to buy things 😂
cougarnerd
7/16/19 1:44pm
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Buffalo
7/16/19 1:48pm
The only people that shouldn't be using a credit card to buy everything are
cougarnerd
7/16/19 1:52pm
Smith's can do whatever it wants but I like the plastic bags because we reuse most of the ones
Cosmodiar
7/16/19 1:50pm
Awesome. After living abroad I believe this is 100% the way to go
runnincoug
7/16/19 5:56pm
Bringing a reusable bag works fine if you aren’t buying much stuff but it doesn’t work so well when doing the monthly
Cosmodiar
7/16/19 6:03pm
My family is big, it works fine. Once again, it's about developing habits.
runnincoug
7/17/19 10:22pm
I'll add that america is awesome but our obsession with disposability and waste
runnincoug
7/16/19 6:03pm
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