a lot of unscrupulous retailers take opportunity to charge for plastic bags

[Nanodick]

fucking pap and their nonsense plastic bag charge policy increasing cost of living for singaporeans

 

[k1976]

They want to do their part tonsave the world mah

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

Forum: Unpleasant consequences of supermarkets’ plastic bag charge​

AUG 18, 2023


The move by supermarkets to charge for plastic bags is leading to more unsanitary and unhygienic Housing Board estates and rubbish chutes.
In the Toa Payoh HDB estate where I live, unbagged waste is being thrown into rubbish chutes, leading to foul smells. Relatives who live in other estates have the same problem.
Supermarkets and their customers are also impacted by the plastic bag rule. Customers without their own bags and who do not want to pay for the bags can be seen walking home carrying bulky food items. Others resort to stuffing their pockets with the plastic bags meant for packing fresh produce.
At self-service checkout counters, other customers and cashiers have at times given me long, hard stares whenever I carry five to 10 plastic bags during my grocery shopping trips. Once at a supermarket, three cashiers in five minutes accused me of stealing eight plastic shopping bags that I had paid for. They apologised after I showed them my receipt.
Instead of making the world greener, the new plastic move is creating new problems. People are helping themselves to the bags meant for produce, while those who buy the bags are looked on with suspicion.
There is a better solution. Disposable, biodegradable bags made from corn starch and lactic acid have been available since the 1990s. They have much smaller carbon footprints than either plastic or even fabric bags.

Eric J. Brooks

 

[sbfuncle]

In super market what we can do is to take those plastic bags in roll meant to self pack fruits etc then go to the counter and make payment and use these plastic bags .

Once in prime supermart, counter auntie asked me if i need plastic bag ? I said of course need else how to carry those items? Auntie said then need to pay for it. I said wait...I then walk a few metres away to grab a few those plastic in rolls and pass to auntie to pack. Auntie lan lan lor

 

[po2wq]

sinkie retailers juz following gahmen initiatifs ... if u say retailers r unscrupulous, den u r saying gahmen is unscrupulous ...

 

[The Crow]

So are those 塑料袋 manufacturers need to raise their selling price also? To reduce retailers from using ...

 

[glockman]

Most of us reuse plastic bags to bag our refuse. Plastic bags are not single use as claimed by the stupid authorities.

 

[cocobobo]

Forum: Unpleasant consequences of supermarkets’ plastic bag charge​

AUG 18, 2023


The move by supermarkets to charge for plastic bags is leading to more unsanitary and unhygienic Housing Board estates and rubbish chutes.
In the Toa Payoh HDB estate where I live, unbagged waste is being thrown into rubbish chutes, leading to foul smells. Relatives who live in other estates have the same problem.
Supermarkets and their customers are also impacted by the plastic bag rule. Customers without their own bags and who do not want to pay for the bags can be seen walking home carrying bulky food items. Others resort to stuffing their pockets with the plastic bags meant for packing fresh produce.
At self-service checkout counters, other customers and cashiers have at times given me long, hard stares whenever I carry five to 10 plastic bags during my grocery shopping trips. Once at a supermarket, three cashiers in five minutes accused me of stealing eight plastic shopping bags that I had paid for. They apologised after I showed them my receipt.
Instead of making the world greener, the new plastic move is creating new problems. People are helping themselves to the bags meant for produce, while those who buy the bags are looked on with suspicion.
There is a better solution. Disposable, biodegradable bags made from corn starch and lactic acid have been available since the 1990s. They have much smaller carbon footprints than either plastic or even fabric bags.

Eric J. Brooks

The last sentence says ppl should pay more for cheem plastic bags