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We introduced similar laws here in Portugal last year and my anedoctal observation is that most people buy the thicker bags at 10-20 cents. It is also very obvi
by cfn 3y ago
We introduced similar laws here in Portugal last year and my anedoctal observation is that most people buy the thicker bags at 10-20 cents. It is also very obvious that many items that used to be sold loose are now packaged or bring their own plastic or paper bag. I'm looking forward to the statistics next year.
EDIT: It is not clear above, I mean that most people don't reuse the bags, they just buy new ones each time.
- flaminHotSpeedo 3y agoOut of curiosity, would you consider the grocery stores you visit to be relatively representative of the country overall? That was the biggest flaw with my line of reasoning, I'm not sure how representative my grocery store experience is, though I'm basing it off of visits to grocery stores across multiple states and varying levels of affluence
- cfn 3y agoNo, I don't think so. I live in a small island in one of the poorest regions of Portugal (thus Europe). This is just my observation at a local level.