Bringing a reusable bag works fine if you aren’t buying much stuff but it doesn’t work so well when doing the monthly

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Jul 16, 2019
6:03:23pm

Cosmodiar All-American

Shopping For a big family.

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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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