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Originally Posted by Besoeker
Best reason for the demise of the plastic bag?
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The photograph in your last posting to this thread, Besoeker, presumably shows what is claimed to be bits of plastic bags in a tree.
But that mess is not the fault of the plastic bag is it?
I would imagine that the majority of people re-use the plastics bags they get at supermarket check-outs as bin liners (me included).
If supermarkets start charging for check-out plastic bags all that will happen is that people will go to other shops to buy rolls of plastic bin liners instead. Extra expense for the consumer - and no reduction in plastic bag usage.
For many years the supermarket chain Kwiksave (many of its branches have now been taken over by Somerfield) never gave out plastic bags free - customers there (including me) accepted this because the prices at Kwiksave were very cheap (and probably still are for those who still have a Kwiksave branch near to them). Customers usually took in their own plastic bags.
What many customers will not find acceptable is certain supermarket chains charging for check-out plastic bags but not really cutting their prices to the extent that Kwiksave has done.