Walmart Canada will stop offering plastic bags on May the first 2022.

I started using and making cloth bags in the earlier 2000's. When my county (or town, I'm not sure) went supposedly plastic free, I was ready. However some stores like the craft stores and Goodwill still use plastic bags as well as other places. Some are the ones that can be used over and over (I use one of those for the items I use to feed the feral cats at my workplace) but the other's are the thin traditional plastic bags.

I rarely use a garbage bag. I do have some back up smaller ones. I use empty food bags (such as bread) as garbage bags usually doubled, or empty pet food bags.

I agree, many don't care. They throw stuff out. I see this at work in the parking lot also.

Years ago I was behind a very expensive car and they went into the gas station I was headed for also. I went in to pay, they bought water bottles and I noticed the female take a top off her bottle and throw it on the ground. Shows you trash knows no income level. And this particular gas station has plenty of garbage cans right next to the pumps. I guess this trash couldn't make 3 steps to the garbage can.
 
Becky1951 said:
I agree cut down on plastic but I am wondering about online grocery pick up. What will they put your groceries in?
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Good point. I don't see it going away. Target seems to be making a good business with it and who knows how many people may need to use this service. Temporarily or permanently.
 

This seems a useful analysis of the impacts disposable vs reusable. A quote:

To be more eco-friendly than a disposable plastic bag you would need to use these alternatives this many times:
Paper Bags: 4 Times​
Polypropylenes: 14 Times​
Cotton: 173 Times​

from: Reusable vs. Disposable Bags: What’s Better for The Environment?

Just a warning this comes from the plastic industry, it appears fair to me, but could be biased.
 
I used to use a Walmart bag when taking my dog for a walk to pick up his poop. No paper towel necessary. Just stick my hand in the bag, pick up poop, turn it inside out, and you've got it. Somehow a paper bag just doesn't seem like a viable option for that operation! :):poop:
 
Those Walmart bags were pretty useless anyway. I would double or triple bag anything breakable. Most of my grocery shopping is at Aldi and I use my own big coolers (with ice packs) and a large Aldi chips box that I either reuse or cut in strips for the wood stove or recycle.
 
Remy said:
Good point. I don't see it going away. Target seems to be making a good business with it and who knows how many people may need to use this service. Temporarily or permanently.
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I buy a months worth of groceries each month. Before Covid I never used online grocery shopping, I did what most did, walk through the store adding items into my cart, dodging people standing in isles visiting or just looking, going to checkout, long lines, waiting to put a months worth of groceries on a conveyer belt (LOL) and waiting for it to be scanned and bagged. Or self service is worse, pick up a item, scan it, hoping it scans.

I started using pick up service when Covid hit, how nice to just relax in my recliner, on laptop choosing items I need, paying for it and then pick it up at my convenience at day and time I chose.
 
We use a square rolling cart with an extendable handle .. the groceries go straight into it. No bags necessary. The cart gets put in the trunk. This works for how we shop .. every second day.

Any plastic bags we get from take-out food, etc. - we use in our green food bin and recycle.
 
Pinky said:
We use a square rolling cart with an extendable handle .. the groceries go straight into it. No bags necessary. The cart gets put in the trunk. This works for how we shop .. every second day.

Any plastic bags we get from take-out food, etc. - we use in our green food bin and recycle.
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That's great to use your own cart.

I see handled plastic bags in the trash at work (or worse, in the parking lot, I pick those up and toss them) and I think "that's a garbage bag for me" but others don't see it. I've also found still folded produce bags in carts at the grocery store and I take those to use for trash or litter box content cleaning.
 
@Becky1951 Do you find the online items accurate when it comes to the items being in stock? Or do you find some items you wanted not available?

I've searched cat food, which the store, like Rayley's, stated was in stock but when I went to the store, they had none.
 
Aunt Bea said:
It's a problem, but we need to place the blame where it belongs.

It isn't the plastic.

It's the people who don't pick up after themselves and the lack of law enforcement.
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I blame plastic producers and companies that use plastics in packaging, including water bottles and baby bottles. I think the bans are going to pick up traction because countless tiny plastic particles were found in our food supply, including baby food, pet food, and seafood. These plastic particles are in our soil and water.
 
Pinky said:
We use a square rolling cart with an extendable handle .. the groceries go straight into it. No bags necessary. The cart gets put in the trunk. This works for how we shop .. every second day.

Any plastic bags we get from take-out food, etc. - we use in our green food bin and recycle.
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A lot of Americans do, too...use the bags for trash. I also take them to the store and toss them in my grocery cart at check-out. This way, the grocery bagger knows I want to reuse the bags I brought.
 
Remy said:
@Becky1951 Do you find the online items accurate when it comes to the items being in stock? Or do you find some items you wanted not available?

I've searched cat food, which the store, like Rayley's, stated was in stock but when I went to the store, they had none.
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I've only had a few items not available, I chose to have substitutes when an item is unavailable. I get an e-mail letting me know when they have substituted an item and I have the option of refusing the item or accepting it. I usually accept because its a larger amount for same price, or better brand for same price.
 

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