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How will the July 1st plastic bag ban affect you? (self.newzealand)
submitted 1 year ago by kiwiheretic to c/newzealand
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I hear that plastic bags are soon to be banned? How will that affect you? I've already thought about rubbish bags and bin liners and I don't know what the alternative will be yet. If they replace plastic rubber bags with those thick paper ones what is to stop people hiding a plastic bag inside of it? How will it be policed? Will the border customs staff be seizing imported plastic bags at the border?

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[–] palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perth went through those a couple of years ago.

For me, I always forget to take a bag, and as a result am forced into the grocery juggle to take the stuff. I then grab a washing basket when I get home to take them inside.

I made it a personal goal to not buy bags if I forget, I reckon in the years it has come in I have purchased 5 times.

I have bought a folding car boot organiser, and use that as a bag. I put it near the door to remember to take it back to the car, where it now.lives. it means I can do the manly thing to only ever do one trip from the car to inside.

[–] Dave 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We've had plastic supermarket bags phased out for quite some time now. As far as I can tell, the only plastic bags being phased out on 1 July are plastic produce bags at supermarkets.

Personally we have some little reusable bags that live in the car, just in case. But I prefer the big heavy duty canvas-like bags so you can carry all the groceries inside at once, so long as you can carry 30KG.

[–] palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i like the blue Ikea bags personally.

we could cross post this to c/fitness