[SustainableTompkins] Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags

[Wericclay at aol.com]

Thanks for the reminder.  From the time I was 11 until I went to  college, 
from 1970 to 1976, I worked at a grocery story that used its boxes to  pack 
groceries.  We also maintained a box for recycling usable paper  bags.  We reduced 
the shopping bill by 2 to 5 cents for each  returned paper bag, even back 
then.  People with limited income were the  most aggressive users of this option. 
 
 
In a message dated 2/2/2008 10:15:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
mmccasla at twcny.rr.com writes:

In  Ithaca, Greenstar gives 5¢ off if you bring 
your own bag, but a lot of  people still chose 
paper or plastic.

Aldi's only offers reusable  plastic bags for 
purchase (I forget the cost).  People who shop  
there tend to bring their own bag, or use the 
boxes the groceries came  in, which the store puts 
out for that purpose. It's easy enough to recycle  
the boxes once we get home. I seem to remember 
that practice in US  grocery stores half a century 
ago--before we had plastic  bags.





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