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[NSW/VIC/QLD/WA] Free Reusable Plastic Bags (Were $0.15) @ Coles

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[NSW/VIC/QLD/WA] Free Reusable Plastic Bags (Were $0.15) @ Coles
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pennypincher98 on 05/07/2018 - 17:42 coles.com.au (1888 clicks)
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Just went to the self serves at Coles, scanned the bag and saw it come up free

Coles offer -$0.15

Asked the checkout assistance lady and she says take as many as you want while they are free. Saw one bloke who must be an Ozbargainer take 10-15 yet only bought bread and milk :D

Not sure if nationwide - scan the bag and see if it deducts the 15c. Maybe a Coles rep could chime in here?

My 100th post, kind of sad that it had to be this though :P

From Coles website

Until Sunday July 8, if you forget your reusable bags we’ll provide complimentary reusable Coles Better Bags at every Coles and at Coles Online in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. Excludes Coles Express.

Update: Extended indefinitely. (Thanks crazycs)

Now that this has been extended indefinitely, please try and remember your bags or at least reuse them. Don't just chuck them out, if you have too many you can recycle them at Coles.

Updated Update: Coles to end free plastic bags Aug 29…maybe.

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      • JohnHowardsEyebrows on 01/08/2018 - 09:39

        30% of people sooking about it is enough to change.

    • yargnairod on 01/08/2018 - 09:51

      You have to understand. People "in theory" support the environment as long as it doesn't cost them or inconvenience them in any way shape or form. The supermarkets are NOT wrong in this case. They for many years actually were the ones against the plastic ban as they knew that there would be a backlash and would discourage casual visits

  • OzBoganYeah on 01/08/2018 - 08:53
    +4

    Firstly, has anyone found a good alternative for bin liners? Tried using these 15c Coles plastic bags and it's awkward. Doesn't fit properly and a bit too big, hard to tie up at the end.

    Secondly the lack of self-awareness from Coles is astounding. Geez. 'Let's remove single use plastic bags and charge money for them. Let's offer free mini plastic toys. Let's give out free tougher plastic bags out for free.'

    They've duped a TON of people. All those stores who use single use plastic bags-it was NEVER for the environment, it was always about revenue and profits. $$$

    • pennypincher98 on 01/08/2018 - 08:54

      I have, my local store (not Coles) gives the single use plastic bags for free - so does Kmart

      • OzBoganYeah on 01/08/2018 - 08:57
        +3

        I don't go to Kmart, so I didn't know they were still handing out plastic bags. Think I'll pop by Kmart soon.

        • pennypincher98 on 01/08/2018 - 08:58
          +1

          Tbh that's the only reason I go to Kmart.. buy 1 thing and grab 3 bags

        • OzBoganYeah on 01/08/2018 - 09:00

          @pennypincher98: haha. Good idea actually.

        • pennypincher98 on 01/08/2018 - 13:13

          @OzBoganYeah: they are single use so it's a great use for them. Makes me actually able to reuse the reusable ones (although for what it's worth - one of the Coles ones has a small but growing hole in it after 3 uses)

    • TransportPosters on 01/08/2018 - 08:59

      You can buy dedicated office bin liner packs (eg. from OfficeWorks). There's also many shops still giving free plastic bags which you must be aware of, so just buy from there and stock up your bags. Buy the pack and use one from the pack for every 3 free bags you get, should last a long time. Just some ideas.

      • OzBoganYeah on 01/08/2018 - 09:05

        I don't go to officeworks, the closest one is about 25 mins away. I have bought those bigger plastic bags for the hard rubbish garbage bin when I tried not using bin liners-but whenever they're remotely half full they always fall down to the bottom of the bin. And you need to stock half your torso down the bin to pick it up again with your fingertips. I don't know.

        do try to go to shops that give out bags, but it's not really enough. I have 3 'inside' bins and when I go shop at a store they will only give out W free plastic bags (I suppose if u bought more items, I'd get an extra bag).

    • Scab on 01/08/2018 - 09:16
      +3

      Aldi Goliath bin liners, cheap and strong.

    • 11112007 on 01/08/2018 - 09:40
      +2

      My neighbour uses the Coles and Woolies bags for rubbish. He just staples them together.

  • pennypincher98 on 01/08/2018 - 08:53
    +1

    Oh God, I'm going to get so many notifications hahaha
    Or has everyone already vented and moved on?

    • OzBoganYeah on 01/08/2018 - 08:59
      +1

      You probably will.

      I'm still a bit miffed, trying to find bin liners that for my bins. I'll check out Kmart but who knows how long they'll keep doing that for.

    • Scab on 01/08/2018 - 09:17

      has everyone already vented and moved on?

      I'm still here.

      • [Deactivated] on 01/08/2018 - 09:27

        oh quick, over there it's TA doing squats…he's beckoning you come over and be his spotter.

        @Scab's gone now.

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 01/08/2018 - 09:46

      lol

      I unsubscribed within a minute

    • josho9 on 01/08/2018 - 09:49
      +3

      Wait till jv hears about the latest developments.

  • sparkles on 01/08/2018 - 09:41
    +12

    Coles have realised this bag fiasco has affected their bottom line. Put simply, people are buying less. Any change has nothing to do with "easy" transition, or saving plastic, it's about sales and profit, but they'll never admit it.

    • reddead2067 on 01/08/2018 - 09:43
      +7

      I certainly was buying less stuff.

      When walking around the store, I would have to consider how would be carrying it home.

      • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 10:48
        +1

        Easy, grab a box of the shelf

        • xmail on 01/08/2018 - 10:51

          Pretty difficult to carry 5 boxes per hand like you can with bags.

        • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 10:52
          +1

          @xmail:

          Pretty easy to carry one large box instead of 10 plastic bags that cut into your hands

  • reddead2067 on 01/08/2018 - 09:42
    +4

    Free garbage bags for all.

    • idonotknowwhy on 01/08/2018 - 14:00

      Free for all.

      That's what the comment thread has turned into, and why I'm enjoying it so much ;)

  • TheDukeOfNukem on 01/08/2018 - 09:44

    We're here to save money, not save the world.

    Keep it to yourself, there's no need to jump down anyone's throat, we all know using them as disposable bags isn't good for the world, and you should also know that when the shops cover their fruit and other products in unnecessary plastic wrappings that's not good either, it's always going to happen and yelling at someone who simply doesn't want to pay 15 cents won't help shit.

    Know what would help shit? Bringing back the (profanity) biodegradable bags they had years ago that seemingly no one uses anymore. If you wanna yell on the internet and feel like a big shot, maybe go make a petition to get the shops to use them instead?

    • j4ck on 01/08/2018 - 10:18
      +5

      Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man…

  • Piranha2004 on 01/08/2018 - 09:44
    +3

    Such a hypocritical move by Coles. First they come out and say they are all about saving the environment, then they do a promo for plastic toys/gimmicks and now they backflip on the bags. What was the point of the exercise again? They are probably looking to claw back some of the customers they lost as a result of these shenanigans

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 01/08/2018 - 09:51
      +1

      Next … deny it ever happened … :D

    • sparkles on 01/08/2018 - 10:14
      +2

      The timing of the plastic toy promo was literally THE WORST, because it made it very very obvious they aren't about reducing plastic waste at all. You can't spend months professing one thing, and then throw that out the window a week later for a promo. Reduce plastic. Or don't. Pick one.

      • abc on 01/08/2018 - 10:48

        The toy promo plastics won't be plastic going to landfill as that would literally be throwing money away ;-)

  • dono2 on 01/08/2018 - 09:49
    -3

    GOOD

    one snowflake down voted lol

  • kokomo1978 on 01/08/2018 - 09:50
    +1

    Has anyone noticed you get 30 free flybuys points if you bring your own bags? That's always a small bonus for me. (This promotion may have ended already, if so they should bring it back!)

    • starbearer on 01/08/2018 - 11:25
      +1

      Yep… and there's people who take the bags, don't scan them and end up with the bags and points both.

  • SupeNintendoChalmers on 01/08/2018 - 09:53
    +4

    Not my original content

    Australians: We are better than Americans in that we handled a national firearms ban and buyback scheme with dignity and poise.

    Also Australians: I am completely unhinged about the supermarket not giving out free plastic bags and have decided this is the hill I'm dying on.

    • Skramit on 01/08/2018 - 10:32
      +3

      The firearms buyback affected a very small minority of the poplation.

      Almost everyone uses the supermarkets.

      Shit comparison.

  • [Deactivated] on 01/08/2018 - 09:55
    +8

    Well looks like I'll be moving all our shopping to Coles. Smart move.

    • jv on 01/08/2018 - 09:57
      +1

      Agreed…

      Expect Woolies to follow < 2 weeks or lose a lot of customers…

      • SupeNintendoChalmers on 01/08/2018 - 11:39

        If by customers, you mean Neil Mitchell listeners, then yes.

  • jv on 01/08/2018 - 09:56
    +3

    Now that they're always free, I can complete my project of building a Hot Air Balloon using reusable plastic bags !!!!!!!!!

  • miicah on 01/08/2018 - 10:00

    I hate this, because I was already shopping at Coles even when they banned bags. Now I will keep shopping there but bring my own. Fkn snowflake QLDers can't handle remembering to put a green bag in their car/backpack or cough up 15c for a resuable one.

    • jv on 01/08/2018 - 10:03
      +4

      or cough up 15c for a resuable one.

      Why pay for a reusable bag? Bags are part of their operational costs…

      • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 10:51
        -1

        They aren't an operational cost. Coles doesn't need to provide free plastic bags to operate. ALDI and Woolworths don't and they are still in business.

        • cciputra on 01/08/2018 - 11:40

          ALDI model has been lower operation cost to bring competitive price. People that shop here tend to buy a lesser known brand for a much cheaper price.
          Woolworths will follow suit in the next few weeks trust me.

    • idonotknowwhy on 01/08/2018 - 14:03

      Now I will keep shopping there but bring my own

      Thank you for subsidising my shopping, I appreciate it.

      P.S. I also pay with Amex so if you don't, thanks again.

  • unelectric on 01/08/2018 - 10:00
    +3

    Looks like I'll be sticking with ALDI and Woolworths now. People from VIC and NSW need to harden up.

    So many people defending their choices by saying it's not single-use because they use it as a garbage liner. Wow, you used it twice! Good on you! Here's a medal.

    • jv on 01/08/2018 - 10:04
      +7

      Looks like I'll be sticking with ALDI and Woolworths now.

      I think you've accidentally logged into the wrong website…

    • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 10:05
      +7

      How horrible you can now exercise freedom of choice rather than support a totalitarian ban on everyone.

      • unelectric on 01/08/2018 - 10:09
        +2

        Perhaps we shouldn't be leaving decisions that impact the environment to people that lack the foresight and planning to bring their own bag before they go grocery shopping.

        • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 10:16
          +1

          Let people make their own decisions, they are not your children and are capable of making their own mind up. Am I to understand you would rather someone make a double trip if they forget bags in their gas guzzling SUV rather than be given a free plastic bag in the store? That's insane if you are coming from an environmentalist perspective!

          Plastic bags do not contribute to any appreciable plastic waste problem in Australia. The scourge of plastic waste ending up in water ways and oceans is a 3rd world problem http://www.dw.com/en/almost-all-plastic-in-the-ocean-comes-f….

        • hellno on 01/08/2018 - 10:58

          @c0balt:
          Yes, people should just be trusted to make the right choices.. Why do we have laws and jails again? Just trust everyone to do the right thing by everyone else hey

        • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 11:04
          +1

          @hellno:

          Thank you for agreeing with me that people should be trusted to make the right choice, because as a society it's a horrible idea to ban anything that can be misconstrued as bad.

          i.e. If you speed and get caught, you get fined and possibly licence suspended. Notice how we don't ban cars, or kitchen knives, or paint or anything that can be used for good? We fine those who litter and those who get caught dumping industrial waste will have a world of hurt on their shoulders in this country. Rightly so, it's a purposeful disregard for the environment if you litter or dump trash (unless it's an ex partner) and you should have the law after you if you flagrantly disregard it.

          As is, we bury waste in Australia. We don't as a society dump plastic in waterways as 3rd world countries do. As a society we didn't need to ban something that isn't an issue, just because virtue signalling is soooo hot right now in 2018. Everyone should be free to do as they choose without imposing their will on others as that's totalitarian.

          A girl I'm seeing at the moment is a kindy teacher, at one of the places she substitutes for they have banned gender specific toys. Totalitarians have gone absolutely mad on a crusade to ban everything they find offensive.

        • hellno on 01/08/2018 - 12:03
          +1

          @c0balt:
          I like the speeding example… You get fined.. much like you pay your 15c, no? If you want to do the wrong thing by society/environment then you pay the price (however small). They arent banning food purchases or supermarkets/shopping, much like you get to keep your car.

          Even ignoring all the rubbish littered everywhere and the effects on wildlife, what do you think happens to the buried waste? How long do you think it takes to break down? Do we have endless space?

        • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 12:21

          @hellno:

          Use the car, don't speed = no fine.
          Use the bag, don't litter = no fine.

          Strange how you didn't see that, but tried to equal speeding in a car to correct disposal of a plastic bag. Surely you don't consider a reckless act that immediately puts people in harms way, the same as correctly disposing waste at landfills? Or are you really that hyperbolic that you would equate putting waste in landfills as immediate harm to people?

          If you think that disposing of a plastic bag correctly is the wrong thing by society/environment then you would have a heart attack when you see the way 3rd world countries dispose of their waste.

        • Wuffybrother on 01/08/2018 - 22:57

          @c0balt:

          Plastic bags do not contribute to any appreciable plastic waste problem in Australia. The scourge of plastic waste ending up in water ways and oceans is a 3rd world problem http://www.dw.com/en/almost-all-plastic-in-the-ocean-comes-f…

          You're right that most of the plastic marine pollution globally comes from developing countries.

          Does that mean that it's a '3rd world problem' and that 'plastic bags do not contribute to any appreciable plastic waste problem in Australia'? Of course not. We don't need to be one of the worst offenders to have a problem with plastic.

          Most of the plastic in Australian waters originates in Australia, and soft plastics (i.e. packaging and plastic bags) are the second most common plastic type in our oceans. Australia has levels of plastic pollution on par with just about any other marine area across the world. You can read the full journal article here if you have any doubts: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.…

          Edit: For the record I'm not in support of the plastic bag ban as Coles/Woolworths have implemented it, I just wanted to address the idea that marine plastic isn't our problem.

    • samfisher5986 on 01/08/2018 - 10:26

      You need to put your rubbish in a bag, you can't avoid that unless you are gross.

      • unelectric on 01/08/2018 - 10:32
        +2

        That's true. Something I have been trying in the past few months is using my waste as bags - eg putting rubbish into the plastic that frozen chips come in. Ideally a zero-waste scenario would have me buy things not enclosed in plastic but i'm working towards that as much as possible.

        • samfisher5986 on 01/08/2018 - 10:39

          That works if you buy frozen chips…

          The best I could do is use the free fruit/veg bags however these bags just break inside the rubbish bin and then smell, attract flies and require me to clean both my inside bin and outside bin.

          You also need a way to tie it up so it doesn't leak/fall out during the week.

          Putting out the idea that there is some alternative is just not practical for most people as we have rubbish and it needs to go in the bin.

        • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 10:53
          +1

          Why not collect all soft plastic in your chip bag and then put out in the recycling bin at the supermarket?

  • Commander Shepard on 01/08/2018 - 10:03
    +8

    The hunger games for reusable bags. Far out this has been funny to watch from SA.

    • jv on 01/08/2018 - 10:05
      +2

      That's fine… you keep paying for your bags and your bottle deposits… We don't mind…

      You are saving the environment.

      • nfr on 01/08/2018 - 10:10
        +4

        We eat and breathe from the environment, saving the environment is saving ourselves.

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 10:11
          -3

          lol

        • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 10:22
          +1

          You eat because farmers farm, truckers truck, packing people pack and shelf stockers stock.

          That is unless you grow all the produce you eat and don't rely on others to provide you with accessible food?

        • nfr on 01/08/2018 - 11:39

          @c0balt:
          Even growing own food would not save you if the soil and water are contaminated by toxins and carcinogens.

        • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 11:46

          @nfr:

          The hyperbole is too much. Unless you are burying harmful waste yourself in your backyard, allowing cars to have oil drain onto soil, or other means of contaminating it yourself, then your soil will be fine.

        • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 12:37

          @c0balt:

          It depends what was there before your house.

        • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 13:15

          @spaceflight:

          They would be required to disclose that in the contracts of sale of the property. It would also be something which a conveyancer would look over as part of due diligence. If the property was found to be contaminated, then it will require fixing before any new development or sale ect.

          The hyperbole and reaching is now way too much.

        • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 15:35

          @c0balt:

          I've never had a soil test as part of buying a house.

        • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 17:07

          @spaceflight:

          "In Victoria the liability is primarily with the occupier, but the occupier may have rights to claim its losses from the owner or actual polluter."

          https://www.cbp.com.au/insights/insights/2013/june/contamina…

          I don't know what state you are from, but if you are from Vic, then if you had reason to suspect your land was contaminated - your conveyancer would have instructed you to get a soil test done, lest you end up with a big liability when it comes time to develop on that land.

          But back to the hyperbole, it seems that you are worried what the owner did with their land before you purchased it, but never did a soil test (you would have done one if you had genuine concerns about contaminated soil), so what are you exactly trying to say? That you don't want to grow crops because you think your soil is contaminated, but you didn't want to check?

        • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 18:18

          @c0balt:

          You said

          Unless you are burying harmful waste yourself in your backyard, allowing cars to have oil drain onto soil, or other means of contaminating it yourself, then your soil will be fine.

          I'm not worried about my land at all but your broad statement that backyard soil is perfectly safe is incorrect.

          Unless tested there is no way to know for sure.

          For a standard residential house people dont think about contaminated land before buying and nobody knows if the previous owner did something like pour used car oil in the garden.

          Testing of the soil is not part of a standard residential sale/purchase.

        • c0balt on 01/08/2018 - 19:36
          -1

          @spaceflight:

          "Testing of the soil is not part of a standard residential sale/purchase."

          It is if you have concerns, which you said you did in regards to growing a vegie patch. "Even growing own food would not save you if the soil and water are contaminated by toxins and carcinogens." was exactly what you wrote.

          Someone as hyperbolic as yourself, who wouldn't dare grow a vegie patch because the soil may be contaminated, surely would do a soil test if they thought their soil was contaminated.

        • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 23:55

          @c0balt:

          It is if you have concerns, which you said you did in regards to growing a vegie patch

          I didn't say I had concerns about growing a veggie patch.

          I said the opposite "I'm not worried about my land at all"

          "Even growing own food would not save you if the soil and water are contaminated by toxins and carcinogens." was exactly what you wrote.

          I did?
          Can you show me where I said that?

          With your love for hyperbolic (6 hyper references on this page) I think you are subconsciously describing your eyesight, curved. You haven't read these comments very well.

    • moo on 01/08/2018 - 10:07
      +2

      Far out this has been funny to watch from SA

      If I was from SA, I’d be watching too given how sleepy SA is :P

    • frugalbat on 01/08/2018 - 10:29

      I dont think charging the plastic bags will solve the problems, if they really do care about the environment they should introduce using paper bags like Kmart etc …

  • cktftw on 01/08/2018 - 10:09
    +1

    Silly

    • Skramit on 01/08/2018 - 10:31
      +1

      Awesome

  • squinly on 01/08/2018 - 10:10
    +9

    This is a huge loss for the environment. Sure many people will actually re-use the bag once or twice more, but many many more bags will make there way to landfill and these thicker bags are much worse than the original single use bags. This decision leaves the environment worse off. Why can't Aussies get on board like many of the European nations have (and SA)? Sad day for mother nature.

    • jv on 01/08/2018 - 10:11
      +3

      This is a huge loss for the environment.

      How many marine life animals died last year from Coles single use bags ???

      • slipperypete on 01/08/2018 - 10:33
        +3

        ummm, he discussed the environment and landfill…..not too many living marine animals survive landfill

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 10:34
          -3

          plastic bags came from the ground and are going back there… that's just part of the lifecycle of a plastic bag…

        • slipperypete on 01/08/2018 - 10:45

          @jv:

          Yeah true I guess, but in the lifecycle it goes through a stage of harm to animal life where it breaks down into plastic beads which gets into the animal food chain

          That's like saying gigantic oil spills are natural and nothing to worry about

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 10:46

          @slipperypete:

          where it breaks down into plastic beads

          can you show me a link that shows how these bags at Coles break down into plastic beads?

        • slipperypete on 01/08/2018 - 11:31

          @jv:

          that's just part of the lifecycle of a plastic bag…

          My reply was to your statement above about bag lifecycle. Asking for specific Coles bags is a bit silly

          Just a couple of basic links…I'm sure you can find plenty more as well as actual peer reviewed research

          http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1620912/The…

          https://greenerideal.com/infographics/life-cycle-of-a-plasti…

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 11:41

          @slipperypete:

          Just a couple of basic links…

          Your link does not say they break down to beads, it says they are

          "they are shredded, melted and turned into plastic beads."
          "The beads can be used to make new bags."

          So they are recycled !!!

        • slipperypete on 01/08/2018 - 12:07

          @jv:

          Your link does not say they break down to beads,

          Yeah you are right. I'm using the term beads when I mean small particles of broken down bags….or just decayed waste matter from plastics

          From the first article

          “A recent Greenpeace report found that one remote area, called the Pacific Gyre, a whirling current, contained more than a million items of plastic microdebris in every square kilometre of ocean surface.”

          However, those recycled microbeads are facing a ban they are so harmful.

          As for the recycling, this is why the older single disposable bags are probably the lesser evil. I guess they are mostly made from recycled plastics and as far as I know, in WA at least these bags are recycled……if they are taken to a recycling station. Problem is that most people don't.

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 12:42

          @slipperypete:

          contained more than a million items of plastic microdebris in every square kilometre of ocean surface.

          How much of that came from Coles and Woollies bags though, so we can work out what the environment impact would be from this change?

        • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 12:43
          +1

          @jv:

          Plastic bags come from oil, not the ground.

          A plastic bag is made of only a few compounds found in oil.

          You are correct that plastic bags go into the ground.
          Either as landfill or pollution.

          Plastic doesn't break down naturally, it just becomes smaller and smaller pieces of plastic.

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 12:57

          @spaceflight:

          Plastic bags come from oil, not the ground.

          Where does oil come from then? The sky ?

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 12:58

          @spaceflight:

          Plastic doesn't break down naturally

          Yes it does…

      • squinly on 01/08/2018 - 12:29
        +1

        In response to JV: "How many marine life animals died last year from Coles single use bags ???"

        No idea, plastic in our oceans appears to be a huge issue though. The single use bags are a huge problem, but my point is these "reusable" thicker plastic bags which were 15c have WAY more plastic in them then single use, so the environment cops a beating. Handing them out for free doesn't create the mentality people need of "I must remember to always bring my bags". I'm not saying single use bags were better, I'm saying too many people will use these "reusable" bags as single use bags anyway. The ABCs War on Waste program highlighted the how the thicker bags break down slower and are no better for the environment, if not worse. If Coles or whoever want to hand out bags, they need to be biodegradable and safe for marine animals etc.

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 12:59

          No idea, plastic in our oceans appears to be a huge issue though.

          But it's not coming from Coles and Woolies bag, so banning them wont make any difference.

        • squinly on 01/08/2018 - 13:56

          @jv:

          I see your point, I'm sure I've read previously that the majority of plastic in our oceans comes from 5 rivers out of Asian nations? Don't quote me on that.

          That aside, would you agree that Australians should set an example by limiting the use of single use plastics? I'm lumping these "reusable" bags into the single use bucket, I could be wrong, but the only people I've seen use them more than a couple of times are homeless people…

      • spaceflight on 01/08/2018 - 12:38

        It's hard to say. Single use bags are not branded

    • jv on 01/08/2018 - 10:13

      and these thicker bags are much worse than the original single use bags.

      They why did they introduce them in the first place ???

      • slipperypete on 01/08/2018 - 10:50

        They didn't expect the backlash from people who are too lazy to adapt.

        It worked well in mainland Europe

        It's a cycle that has gone through lots of countries. They tried when I lived in the Middle East and it was met with a huge backlash and paying for bags failed.

        It was a matter of timing and unfortunately they got it wrong….Australians are still not up to the change.

        Really the whole idea behind these bags is awareness. 15c isn't gonna break the bank but it discourages simply throwing them in the bin

        • jv on 01/08/2018 - 12:40

          who are too lazy to adapt.

          Why do you call people who preferred the old grey plastic bags lazy?

    • pformag on 01/08/2018 - 10:15

      Can you please point me to the research about how this is a huge loss for the environment?

      • slipperypete on 01/08/2018 - 10:26
        +3

        Can you please point me to the research about how this is a huge loss for the environment?

        just one study from many…..just have a quick look online. It isn't rocket science. These bags do not degrade. The single use bags were a nightmare but at least they would break down eventually

        https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X1…

        • pformag on 01/08/2018 - 13:00
          +1

          So paying 15 cents for a bag saves the environment, and giving it away for free doesn't?

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