Implement a 3¢ tax on plastic grocery bags

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3 points·orofino··8 comments

Here in Quebec, Canada, some grocery stores tax 5¢ for each plastic bag, though it's up to them. People here tend to bring reusable bags which are a lot more durable and contain more stuff.

I think most of Canada has a .05c fee.

Actually here in Quebec, Canada, some grocery stores do have a fee, but not all of them. They decide whether they charge for plastic bags or not.

This is asinine.

No it's not.If you had some environmental consciousness you would understand that plastic bags are very bad for the environment. The average life of a plastic bag is no more than 20 minutes and takes decades (if not centuries) to decompose. And 3¢ is a joke. It should definitely be higher. I say 1$ would be perfect because then people will buy reusable bags instead. See this link : http://www.reusethisbag.com/25-reasons-to-go-reusable.asp

The environment can go fuck itself, and this is the wrong forum anyhow.

I bet you don't have any children to have such a badly twisted mind.

I use reusable Costco bags everywhere.

Question: What do most people do with plastic grocery bags? I think most, like me, use them to line our under the sink garbage bins. So without those grocery store bags what happens? You buy "under the sink" plastic name brand trash bags to line with. So where is the savings? You can't use paper bags for obvious reasons.

So are we really saving anything? Are people just buying trash more trash bags? I think this movement is largely for show and has yielded minor plastic savings at best.

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