Yes yes instead of single use bags at the store I now get more durable plastic bags that I throw away after using once. Well done.
Some people find utility in these sturdier plastic bags, so a general ban would only do harm. They just specifically shouldn't be sold at checkout like disposable bags used to be.
Reusable bags are nearly universally unsanitary. People let their cats play in them, never wash them, then place them on the same conveyor belt where you put your vegetables.
No
Here in Aotearoa they are completely normal
> Reusable bags are nearly universally unsanitary...place them on the same conveyor belt where you put your vegetables.
Golly. Given the habits of growers you really should wash your vegetables before you use them. Pesticides
Probably.
Clean hands are better, IMO, than those gloves
We use soap.
Well, I do
Regarding how clean they are, I just wash mine in the washing machine and I wash my vegetables as well.
They do seem to be somewhat water soluble. I left some out in the rain one time and they got oddly mushy and weaker, different from regular plastic.
For bags, there is no reason for a store to give them out. You had to pay for a wallet to hold your cash and cards, a purse to hold them if you don'f have pockets. No need for bags to be a cost center for a store.
Why do you have rancid meat juice in your grocery bag!? Why do you have rancid meat!
> not caring about burying a few plastic bags in the landfill
I don’t particularly care about this. I still have a couple reusable bags in the back of my car that I use to transport food from the grocery store home. (I never have to deal with bags breaking. And my town charges for single-use paper bags, which I think is a fair compromise.)
When rancid meat juice raises its head, it’s rare and immediately dealt with by cleaning out the fridge. I’d be worried for a friend citing exposure to it as not only a regularity, but inevitability.
I stopped buying meat for environmental / water usage reasons a while back, so no, this isn't an issue for me anymore. Guess I'm just a stupid hippie.
The old "you're just not doing it right" chestnut, where have I heard that one before! Hey, by any chance have you noticed how many of those silly face masks made it (or didn't make it) to landfills?
> I stopped buying meat . . . Guess I'm just a stupid hippie.
You said it not me!
Not frequently! If that’s happening, the butcher is doing a bad job sealing the package or the meat isn’t fresh.
I agree in those situations I’d likely toss the bag versus rinse it. But this is—and should be—a once every couples years problem. (And I buy meat almost every time I go to the grocery store.)
No, and if it was a common occurrence I'd find a different butcher that can actually package the meat properly.
There have been a few times I've washed a bag because it got dirty. It wasn't really inconvenient. I just tossed it in the laundry with the rest of my clothes. Or do you also just throw away clothes once they get a little dirty?