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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 12/10/2025 8:37 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-10 05:09, c186282 wrote:   
   >> On 12/9/25 22:30, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 03:38:46 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> They charge for each plastic bag you get on the exit cashier, and they   
   >>>> encourage people to buy reusable bags. Thus, we have to enter the shop   
   >>>> with empty reusable bags. It is their doing, not ours. Well, government   
   >>>> regulation, actually. Pushed by the EU.   
   >>>   
   >>> They encourage people to use them in the US. I have several but seldom   
   >>> have them with me. Besides, the plastic bags come in handy when cleaning   
   >>> the litter box.   
   >>   
   >>    USA, outside the People's Republic of California, we   
   >>    get so many plastic bags we can barely deal with them.   
   >>    Some supermarkets have bins for them ... but the   
   >>    regular trash service doesn't want them.   
   >   
   > We no longer get plastic bags on supermarkets, you have to pay for each one,   
   and often they degrade fast.   
   >   
   > Only some shops still use plastic bags, like pharmacies. Food stores, no.   
   >   
   > I have a garbage container, and I basically need to purchase garbage bags of   
   certain sizes. Not that easy to reuse plastic bags from supermarkets.   
   >   
      
   The new supermarket bags haven't solved any problems and   
   are no more recycle-able than the old ones.   
      
   One other country had the right idea -- the stores went   
   from legacy bags, to no bags at all, which stops the problem   
   right in its tracks.   
      
      Paul   
      
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