stores charging for bags?

[Imzadi]

Now I'm wondering if they think CO has done away with all plastic bags already (Not until Jan 2024) instead of charging the fee for plastic bags.

Here, there was a grace period for a few weeks where the law was in effect with the new screens on the self-checkouts asking how many bags did we buy, err use, and then didn't charge us during the grace period, as the several still living under a rock and didn't hear about the bag ban find out, and we all got acclimated to the new change.

They have shipped them to other states that still allow plastic bags without charging a fee.

What states are these? I want those near extinct gigantic Target plastic shopping bags I posted about above.

So, not everyone has been changed over to the new small size, Target re-usable cloth bags?

 

[Imzadi]

And New Jersey residents who can't pronounce Wegmans get charged double.

What about WaWa?

 

[sasywtch]

As others have said, CA has had the 10 cent plastic bag for quite sometime (think someone said 2014). CA doesn't have tax on food like some other states so 50 cents for 5 bags, eh no big deal. What is really going to bother me is CA doing away with those thin plastic bags in the produce. How am I suppose to gather 4 tomatoes, bunches of grapes? yuk of the tomatoes going on the conveyor belt. fyi--my daughter who is disabled gets $18 a month in food stamps/EBT (whatever it's called now) and bags are free for her.

 

[kdonnel]

What states are these? I want those near extinct gigantic Target plastic shopping bags I posted about above.

So, not everyone has been changed over to the new small size, Target re-usable cloth bags?

No bag laws in Georgia.

You can kill all the dolphins you want with our free plastic bags, styrofoam packages, and disposable silverware available everywhere.

 

[Christine]

Not in California. Their bags are reusable plastic bags.

I have to say that when I was visiting my son in San Diego last summer, we were caught short a few times without our own bags and I had to buy the plastic bags at the store. OMG, they were actually really nice bags. Worth whatever they charged which I can't remember. I was on a trip so no need to reuse. Where I am them, they charge the same thing in some stores for really crappy plastic bags or paper bags that barely make it to the car. But our bag charge is not yet mandated by county or state so it's whatever the stores are doing.

 

[DisneyHardin]

As others have said, CA has had the 10 cent plastic bag for quite sometime (think someone said 2014). CA doesn't have tax on food like some other states so 50 cents for 5 bags, eh no big deal. What is really going to bother me is CA doing away with those thin plastic bags in the produce. How am I suppose to gather 4 tomatoes, bunches of grapes? yuk of the tomatoes going on the conveyor belt. fyi--my daughter who is disabled gets $18 a month in food stamps/EBT (whatever it's called now) and bags are free for her.

You can buy Mesh drawstring bags (they look similar to the ones you use for delicates in the washing machine) for produce that are reusable.

 

[wenrob]

Not here in Nevada, at least not yet. Target will give you a credit if you bring your own bags. I have quite the collection. Any time I make a Shop Disney order I buy their reusable gift bags. They’re very sturdy and last forever. (I think I’ve tossed one in the last ten years or so) I would say I bring my own about 60% of the time but some orders are just too big. My DD lives in Seattle where they charge for bags. I confess that sometimes I’ll purposely forget my reusables when I go to Target so I can send her sturdy plastic bags for her kitty litter box cleaning. They make good packing material so they are being used a good three or four times.

 

[easyas123]

The thing I don't get, at least here, "single use" plastic bags were banned. But they were then quickly replaced with thicker bags. So now instead of the cheap bags they might actually break down in a decade or two thicker bags that will likely never break down are going into the landfill.

I was thinking the same thing!

It hasn’t. I went shopping today.

I think it's by county in MD. Howard charges.

I'm in MD, Queen Anne's County....no bag ban here (yet). In Kent County they do have one, but the stores (only two in whole county, 1 Acme & 1 Redners) don't charge for the paper bags, in fact Redners credits you (10 cents maybe? I can't recall exactly) for each reusable bag you bring in.

I'm not far from DE, where there is a statewide bag ban. I try to remember to toss my bags back in my car, but I don't always! The Targets (at least the ones I go to - Christiana & Dover stores) don't even so much as have ANY bags, reusable/paper or that heavy duty plastic to purchase, so you are really out of luck if you don't have any with you.

 

[Moliphino]

I shop in MA and CT and I forget exactly which rules are in which state. Some may even be store specific. I use reusable bags for grocery shopping. I usually use self-checkout and the places that charge for bags will prompt you to enter how many you need at the end of the checkout process just before you pay. Some stores provide paper bags free, some charge for them.

 

[Dznypal]

This happened quite a few years ago at the Disney outlet store in the wi dells. We bought a lot of things when we we’re done paying the clerk just hands it all back to us no bag. Rather surprised about it she said they were doing away with bag’s except for selling the cloth ones we had no choice but to buy one it would have been nice to have known before we bought all what we did. Along the lines of bringing your own bags to stores around here as Covid was ramping up we weren’t supposed to bring our reusable bags in some stores strange though you still coukd buy them. Buy them but not be able to reuse. Good system

 

[leebee]

Maine banned the use of plastic bags in July 2021. We are encouraged to use re-usable bags (most stores sell them for 99cents and up) or we can purchase bags at check-out for 5 cents each. Regarding self-check, when you are done scanning your purchases and hit "pay," the screen asks you how many bags you needed to purchase and then charges accordingly. At my local grocery store (one of the major New England chains), there is nobody monitoring this, they simply expect you to be honest about it. I try to remember to bring the bags in from the car, and if I don't have them I just scan the purchases, put them back in the cart, and load them into the bags when I get to the car. I really hate to pay for the paper bags as they are crappy bags, sometimes not even holding up long enough to get the groceries into the house!

 

[monsterkitty]

Here, there was a grace period for a few weeks where the law was in effect with the new screens on the self-checkouts asking how many bags did we buy, err use, and then didn't charge us during the grace period, as the several still living under a rock and didn't hear about the bag ban find out, and we all got acclimated to the new change.



What states are these? I want those near extinct gigantic Target plastic shopping bags I posted about above.

So, not everyone has been changed over to the new small size, Target re-usable cloth bags?

Walmart in my area actually pulled their plastic bags before the law took effect on Jan 1. My 78-year-old mom went a few days before Jan 1 and discovered this when she went to check out. She wasn't too happy and so I've been listening to this since then, haha.

What states did they ship Walmart ship their bags too? No clue. Probably Georgia as a PP pointed out.

Target here has not had those amazing plastic bags for a while now. They switched to a cheaper plastic that can't be reused as your lunch bag for a week like the old ones could.

 

[lanejudy]

So, not everyone has been changed over to the new small size, Target re-usable cloth bags?

Our Target has paper bags. Target only opened here a few years ago and I think it has always been just paper bags -- fairly sturdy ones with handles, not as large as grocery store paper bags. They used to be free, but now that the state requires paying for paper bags it's 10 cents. I don't recall ever seeing plastic or cloth at our Target.

 

[kanne323]

Maine banned the use of plastic bags in July 2021. We are encouraged to use re-usable bags (most stores sell them for 99cents and up) or we can purchase bags at check-out for 5 cents each. Regarding self-check, when you are done scanning your purchases and hit "pay," the screen asks you how many bags you needed to purchase and then charges accordingly. At my local grocery store (one of the major New England chains), there is nobody monitoring this, they simply expect you to be honest about it. I try to remember to bring the bags in from the car, and if I don't have them I just scan the purchases, put them back in the cart, and load them into the bags when I get to the car. I really hate to pay for the paper bags as they are crappy bags, sometimes not even holding up long enough to get the groceries into the house!

I'm a new Maine resident. Hannaford got me with the cute "be wild" bags, I'll admit. I've bought a few.

 

[sasywtch]

You can buy Mesh drawstring bags (they look similar to the ones you use for delicates in the washing machine) for produce that are reusable.

It's an idea but, I never take in the cloth bags I bought years ago so doubtful I'll remember to take those in now.

 

[mrodgers]

I don't like trying to get rid of plastic bags two fold.

First, to get rid of grocery bags means that I will be purchasing and disposing of 10 times (guessing, I don't know the numbers) the plastic by purchasing bags specifically for garbage liners.

Second, I don't want to carry reusable bags because my bicycle lives in my car most of the year. It goes in and out on a daily basis and gets dirty, so it would be tossed dirty in the car along with the bags I use to get groceries. Stopping at the store and putting a few bags of groceries around the bicycle now and then is doable. Messing with the stupid bags I now have to carry everywhere in the car with me is not.

 

[tzolkin]

And New Jersey residents who can't pronounce Wegmans get charged double.

How does someone pronounce Wegmans wrong?

 

[monsterkitty]

I don't like trying to get rid of plastic bags two fold.

First, to get rid of grocery bags means that I will be purchasing and disposing of 10 times (guessing, I don't know the numbers) the plastic by purchasing bags specifically for garbage liners.

Second, I don't want to carry reusable bags because my bicycle lives in my car most of the year. It goes in and out on a daily basis and gets dirty, so it would be tossed dirty in the car along with the bags I use to get groceries. Stopping at the store and putting a few bags of groceries around the bicycle now and then is doable. Messing with the stupid bags I now have to carry everywhere in the car with me is not.

Your bike wouldn't last long here if you left it in your car. I know more than a few people who've had their road bikes or tri bikes stolen from their cars when they were left while the person was working. Heck, I hate leaving my bike in the car when I have to do a run off the bike for 30 minutes. Luckily I do this in Boulder at a park where 90% of the people are doing the same thing and we all look out for each other.

 

[mrodgers]

Your bike wouldn't last long here if you left it in your car. I know more than a few people who've had their road bikes or tri bikes stolen from their cars when they were left while the person was working. Heck, I hate leaving my bike in the car when I have to do a run off the bike for 30 minutes. Luckily I do this in Boulder at a park where 90% of the people are doing the same thing and we all look out for each other.

7 years now. First was in a Jetta. Then in a Mazda hatch. Now in my small SUV. I don't live in the city. I don't worry about that. Often I just leave the house unlocked when I leave.

 

[MillauFr]

How does someone pronounce Wegmans wrong?

Good question but some have found a way to do so. Puzzling isn't it?