Posted on 02/18/2020 1:30:44 PM PST by lowbridge
New Yorkers get ready for BYOB — bring your own bag.
Starting March 1, most plastic bags will be banned across the entire state. Instead, some stores will start charging customers for reusable ones, and shoppers will have to bring reusable bags to others.
“I think it is a great idea and we should all be using reusable bags,” said one shopper.
The State’s Department of Environmental Conservation released the final guidelines for the ban Monday, including clearer definitions of what a reusable bag is.
With just a few weeks out from the ban Khalid Yagmour is stocking his grocery store with alternatives.
“We are going to charge 20 cents for this and we have paper bags which is five cents. People have to bring their own bags if they want or they can buy this,” said Yagmour, a Manager at KeyFood.
Yagmour is preparing his customers too. Signs are posted at every register.
"They are gonna have other bags. That’s all, as long as they put it in some kind of bag I don’t care,” said one shopper.
“I’ll do my best to bring my bag because I have bags at home you know plus it’s a complete waste of money and bad for the environment to have all these bags,” said another shopper.
According to the state DEC, New Yorkers use an estimated 23 billion plastic bags annually and about 85 percent end up in landfills.
Yagmour says his business will save money by not buying the plastic bags but some customers say the ban will end up costing them more money.
(Excerpt) Read more at ny1.com ...
Reuseable Shopping Bags Could Be Making You Sick
They could pose a serious health threat.
https://www.delish.com/food-news/news/a55894/reusable-shopping-bags-health-threat/
From My Cold, Dead Hand...
plastic ping
Yep. E. coli, salmonella, fecal coliform, and other harmful bacteria can be found in reusable bags.
And yet, the store will sell you THOUSANDS of items made of plastic. But the plastic bag? PURE EVIL!
A recent study conclusively shows that deaths increased significantly when a population switched from disposable to reusable grocery bags en masse.
Still trying to outdo California in the number of inane policies enacted every week.
So I go to the store and buy several items, all packaged in plastic, and when I check out they cannot provide a plastic bag? I’m not sure I’m getting this?
Witnessed a nappy young woman chiding the baby boomer ahead of her for having his order packed in plastic bags.
“Mind your own damn business” was his only reply.
“I think it is a great idea and we should all be using reusable bags,” said one shopper
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“I like it so let’s make everyone do it.
A felony in NY to be using a non-reusable plastic bag containing a sugary drink, salty fries and a greasy hamburger.
One size fits all is a common mantra of the left.
No Choice for You!
California cut off the disposable bag at grocery stores. Hardware and cloths Stores and such you can still get them FOR NOW. We can still buy them in bulk from Amazon. Just a matter of time before Amazon will stop shipping them to Kali.
I guess I’ll have all my groceries delivered by a gas burning vehicle, then I can do my part to save the world.
And who litters? Democrats/progressive/socialists. They are pigs. They Schiff in the street. Ever go to a conservative rally or function? The place is left cleaner after the event. Not so with anything done on the left. Perhaps the darn progressives should create a law that gets rid of leftists - that will solve all their problems.
Being a Rube Boomer, I know what it is like. But I am not longer friendly about it with snowflakes that lack respect for their elders.
Wegmans already started this Feb 1. I’ve been having fun the last two weeks of shopping, taking in old Wegmans plastic bags and handing them to the cashier. I even had a manager come up to me last week and tell me the paper ones are only 5 cents. I told him “if your argument is that they are in expensive, why doesn’t Wegmans cover the cost as they used to give them for free up until Feb 1 if you asked for them. Heck, half of the time the cashiers would ask you if you wanted paper or plastic. All it really is is a new way for to tax us.
Good for him!!!!!
LOL! Love your nick!
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