These stores could just keep boxes in a bin for customer use. They could even put a big sign up that says 'Forgot your shopping bag, don't worry we got you' or 'Free boxes for your convenience'. Simple solution that many people have been using at Aldi for decades now.
Well it was environmentally friendly until the ignorant tree huggers figured out plastic bags are from . Hydrocarbons are 100% organic product from the earth
I remember when I was a kid there were bins full of boxes at the front of the stores. Would be nice if businesses went back to doing that. The cost of the reusable bags adds up for those of us that are forgetful, and reusing boxes is better than them going instantly to the dumpster.
@@nicolewembley3093 I’m aware, but it’s still better for them to get more use out of them before recycling. The three R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. It’s best to reuse something, if you can, before recycling it. It’s also much more cost effective for those of us on tight budgets/forgetful.
Aldi still does that. I wish more places did. It isn't a huge burden to bring your own bag/basket when shopping. People did it for most of human history.
@@seganaleqado you really think the average person is going to take a box to some recycling facility when they can just throw it in the garbage. After all if people were going to recycle wouldn't it just be easier to set up recycling for all these plastic bags? Although I believe it's been shown that that typically still winds up at the dump
Getting rid of plastic bags, getting rid of cashiers, replacing cashiers with self checkouts, making people bag out own groceries, restaurants making people pay for cups, for a straw, for napkins, for bags for food, it's absolutely absurd. In Vancouver Canada, they make us pay extra for cups for beverages we order, it's like I paid for the beverage what am I supposed to put it in if you don't provide me with the cup? It's so stupid. The level of greed is getting disgustingly ridiculous.
@@greenmachine5600 they want to control everyone, tell people you can do this or you can’t do this anymore. The socialists are greedy as well, they all work together perfectly. How would it be capitalism if the state of New Jersey is making it mandatory for all store’s to not use plastic bags anymore?
Reusable bags are usually dirty on the bottom and spread germs. I was always grossed out when a customer would have me bag in their reusable cloth bags.
Not sure banning plastic bags even makes a difference. There are so many products made of way more plastic than a grocery bag. It's just for optics. At least a plastic bag can be reused and is convenient.
Exactly I said the same thing . Everything in our society has plastic in it , but you choose to ban plastic bags . I mean it’s a very very small step with there is a million left to go .. this is just for optics .
@@alephnull7410 only issue is the rest of The world does whatever they want. Yes it’s very noble of us , but in the grand scheme of things a drop in the bucket .
It makes a HUGE difference. Imagine banning plastic bags from every single store in America. I can’t even estimate how many tons of plastic a day would be unused. Same with straws.
@@richardwalker6004 what I meant by “changing behavior” is not a good thing but it’s made out to be a noble, good thing when it’s actually just soft authoritarianism. I know what you’re talking about but I was more getting at how citizens are compliant with changing their behavior so long as it is framed in virtue. In the long run it socially engineers people to be complicit with anything that is asked of them.
My brother lives in New Jersey but also part time in Florida. Recently he took with him over 200 plastic bags from Publix Supermarket (Florida chain) and now he shows up with the plastic bags at the Jersey supermarket. So far all he’s gotten are some nasty looks and some people laughing, but he’s itching for somebody to say something. In his mind they can’t deny him the sale as long as he has his own bags, never mind that they’re all plastic 😂
Besides the inconvenience of all the hand baskets now gone from my local supermarket, I'm totally disgusted by the absolutely filthy reusable bags people are bringing into the store and putting down in the same place I must checkout my groceries. It's completely unsanitary.
@@vgee3926 I rmember when they tried selling these cheap thin plastic waterbottles they would fall apart while you drank them. Suffice it to say it didn't last.
It’s a dumb idea , banning plastic bags but everything is the dam store is made with some short of plastic , even the food is in plastic containers we got to a point in society where things are just for show rather then a serious purpose.
@@richardwalker6004 then what do you suppose smart guy? Just do nothing.. "if 'it is broke' don't fix it" mentality of changing absolutely nothing and expecting a change isn't gonna solve anything
The thin ones brake too easily. And a lot of the time is made for the sole purpose of carrying it from the store to the car then get thrown away. I know people like to use the bags as liners for rubbish but the ban is suppose to reduce waste as a lot of people don't seem to be responsible in having them.
@@philinator71 At one time plastic grocery bag where thick and sturdy, that you can reuse them, be recycled easily. Hack i can remember when plastic water bottles used to be quite thick too. So thick that you couldn't even crush them in the middle with two fingers, like you can with the plastic water bottles now.
California banned plastic bags over 8 years ago and is charging 15-20 cents for paper or reusable plastic. Although now people are used to bringing their own bags here, Whole Foods found an interesting strategy. Instead of charging 10 cents for a bag, they give you 10 cents off if you bring your bag. Another idea is Vons started putting alarms on their baskets.
i'm sorry but americans are big babies. This system has been in place in Europe for a long long time and I've yet to see anyone steal baskets or complain that they forgot their bag at home or that they need special incentive. Insane
Californian here, its 10 cents per bag. And the tax only applies to bags that have handles and are from grocery stores. IDK who is selling them for more than 10 cents. If you are paying more then you are being scammed. Oregon and Washington also have a bag tax. OR is 5 cents and WA is 7 cents.
People act like it's suuuuch an inconvenience, but it's how shopping used to be when people brought their own boxes, baskets or sacks for carrying their goods home. society needs to go back to some basics for markets to remain sustainable. People just like to whine.
Whole Foods legally has to charge 10-cents for their bags in California. It’s literally the law. There’s no line in the bill that says “this law applies to all grocery stores except Whole Foods.” Yes they do a 10 cent discount for using your own bags, but they also charge 10 cents if you need a store provided one...Target also employs a similar discount, they will discount you 5 cents for every bag of your own you check out with.
During the 1st year of the pandemic, stores banned bringing in reusable bags. So we'd put things back into the shopping cart & do the bagging at the car. We keep a few boxes in the car too for the same. While shopping sometimes you'll see near empty boxes. I get those & use them instead of hand held basket sometimes & tell the cashier to put things right back into it after scanning.
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17 "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:38-39.
@@msg4141: Great times abound with Einstien's politicians ruling the states: The plastic bag ban started during the pandemic. Supermarkets are not allowed to give out bags which is gross thinking regarding people bringing in theirs. Shoplifters are at the ready -- who later transfer to become smash-and-grab artists hauling hie in bulk with their sizeable bags. This is making life dangerous for states and societies, clogging sapiens' systems with lead -- whilst clearing the streams of whatever -- for whatever!
Woah, this is a new one. I'm in California and we banned free single use plastic grocery bags quite a few years ago. You can buy a sturdier version for a dime. Never saw anyone walk off with a basket.
No? In California? Well, I suppose, most people in California just walk out without paying, so I guess they would prefer to use a cart for those big hauls.
I'm genuinely surprised californians like you are so out of touch, when theres literally countless videos of californians walking out of walgreens with countless items unpaid for. (typically minorities)
It’s absolutely ridiculous that free citizens in New Jersey can’t use paper and plastic bags to shop while half the packaged food industry uses huge amounts of wasteful and sometimes unnecessary plastic packaging on a much larger scale. Just like the plastic straw ban, these changes may make some people feel better but in reality they make such a minimal impact and just turn our attention away from the real pollution issues. Politicians would rather burden the regular citizen than the industries lining their pockets.
Ridiculous? No, it isn't. It means that plastic bags use reduced because of the ban. Well, there are still much larger scale companies that use plastic as packaging, but the important is that it's reduced the usage of plastic.
What's ridiculous is that you see this very minor contribution to improving the environment as an outrageous burden. Small positive changes add up. Get over yourself.
I really despise those cardboard straws. I had to use 5 of them just to finish a regular size slushie from Taco Bell because it became so saturated fast that it was worthless after one or two sips. Beyond that, it was already worthless trying to get any sips out of it. I’m over it
So let's get this straight: You won't provide plastic bags to your customers, but you WILL produce your OWN store products and package THEM in plastic. Yes, I can see how truly important the reduction of plastic is to you.
There is a history with plastic here in the States and it won't be dissolved easily. It is a slow start on something that should've been fixed or altered decades ago.
@@otakuking69 Just seems like most of people out there don't want to take any responsibility and don't even care at all. Their life is based about them and their own significance and not anything of substance. This is the reason why progress is so slow especially in this country.
@@Last_E_iz_A_thre3 The plastic bag ban isn't progress. The replacement bags are not all that durable and use a ton more resources. Further, the more inconvenient you make something the more people will look elsewhere. I also wonder how it would work with grocery delivery, reusing shared food bags would be a great way to create a disease vector. Just a another stupid idea people do to feel better about themselves without accomplishing anything.
Maybe you missed it. Plastic bags were BANNED. You know, by LAW. The grocery store isn't the one making the decision. If it HAD been their decision, they likely would have continued providing plastic bags. Product packaging isn't affected by the ban, so those products will continue to have plastic packaging. This shit where the baskets being taken is not the store's fault. It's John Q. Public and his head-up-ass refusal to take this seriously, and his utter indifference to the chaos he leaves in his wake.
Shoppers in many Democratic cities have learned to shop without bags…using backpacks, large coats etc. just remember not to get more than $999 worth of groceries in one trip…
Just push the cart full of groceries out to your car and bag them out there. I shop at Aldi and do this every single week. The bags live in my van, they never go into the store. I don't want the cashier touching my bags.
This is so ridiculous, we have to pay high price for food and also for the bags, my advice to everyone is, during summer and while farmers are still laboring, just go shop at their shops.... you get real food. & If you have thank you bags that you are getting rid of, just give it to the farmers.
It’s hard to find a hand basket in any store now! As a wheelchair bound person … I don’t use a large cart … I need a hand basket! But our needs are not considered! I finally switched to online shopping and delivery!
When I was in Germany, ppl just brought their own bags. No one stole baskets. If someone didn’t have a bag they bought one. Very simple. Why do Americans have to be so extra?
What exactly did getting rid of plastic bags at the supermarket do? I haven't really noticed a positive impact on anything. I only see more people leaving the store trying to bear hug and straddle groceries that eventually end up on the ground. 🤷♂️
Same. But during the pandemic, stores in my area would not allow people to bring in bags. Purchase a new one or place in the cart. State then said stores can't charge during the pandemic, so now have a surplus of bags.
...i will just pay the extra 10 cents for the bags if I have to ... for a year and a half the store owners told you to stop bring in your own bags beacuse of covid ??? so covid is not around no more I don't understand ???
@@tanjmazmaz3731 yes. As soon as the mandate ended than bring your own bag started again. I did bring my own bags during covid because I bag my own groceries.
@@mattsmith4589 exactly we got MORE to worry about than the miniscule effects of plastic bags on society. Plastic bags: people happy No plastic bags: people angry, now you have theft. Charge us 5 cents a bag, we dont mind
What a bunch of babies! Just leave your bags in the trunk so you don’t forget them at home. Nobody needs baskets if you have bags. Doesn’t make any sense. Haven’t seen any baskets being stolen where I am. Everyone tries to make more problems than they should!
People are just braindead these days, that's the issue. They interviewed the guy that thinks plastic bags should come back because they're "losing more money" by not using them. Terrible argument
Might be an act of rebellion. Some people really don't handle change well and they lash out. They might be thinking, you can't force me to buy bags, so I'll just take the basket. When I worked retail, I met so many people like that. I just feel sorry for the store employees who have to deal with angry customers.
This is the most New Jersey story I've heard today. I mean here in Portland Oregon we banned plastic bags years ago and we didn't start stealing that handheld baskets. 😂😂😂
A little off subject here, but in the Bronx over the weekend, there was a smash & grab at a high end jewelry store - easy to see from the video that the thieves brought their own bags to carry the loot - being prepared is everything!
I understand the ban on plastic bags. But there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to ban paper bags. Paper bags have a far lower environmental impact than reusable canvas bags, due to manufacturing and shipping and chemical dying/bleaching of canvas. Plastic bags actually have the lowest environmental impact of all for manufacturing and shipping, but they almost always end up as litter and they can't biodegrade. So paper is definitely better.
Paper is made from trees. We need trees to keep the carbon monoxide out of the air so we can breath and actually live here. If we continually used paper bags it would increase the speed of the climate change at an even more unbearable rate.
As a primarily Costco shopper, I always forget the stupid bags because costco doesn't use them to begin with with the exception of the orange bags for the fish and meat section. I don't even have them in my car, but probably have some at home somewhere. Maybe stores should do what costco does and have the cardboard boxes from products out for costumers to take if they need them
It's a great idea to use the plastic basket and leave with it.. I never even though of it. Here in NY when I forget my bag, I simply buy a reusable one. Reusing this basket is a great 😆
...or maybe get in the habit of always putting the bags back in your car after you unpack them at home. Learn to be responsible for yourself rather than expecting someone else to take care of you. It's not that difficult really.
I like Aldi, if I forget my reusable bags, they always have boxes laying around. But I also like my reusable bags that I use at Walmart. Their cheap flimsy bags only can hold 1-2 bags. I have reusable bags I bought at Trader Joe’s over 10 years ago. Still holding up great !
Aldi's has the better solution. They have large, reusable, plastic bags for sale for 15¢. They are easy to fold and fit in your car's center console. If you forget them, no big deal. They're only a few cents, don't take up much space, and are recyclable. Of course all this is unnecessary as we should just bring back paper bags which are biodegradable, compostable, recyclable, don't keep bacteria like cloth bags, and can be made out of recycled cardboard.
I love Aldi but I just push the full cart out to my van and bag the groceries out there. I have canvas bags (many were free, some I bought) and wash them when needed. But they never go in the store anyway so no one else has to see them. They just live in my van.
I was born and raised in Paterson, NJ, and it’ll take FAR more than banning plastic bags to make a dent in the problem. I feel like the stores should provide those bags at no cost to the consumer. Less loss on their end. That ban works only for ppl with money to waste. Here in Washington they (had) a similar ban, and it backfired here too , just in a different way. They chose to go with paper bags only, which would be fine if not for the fact many ppl shop and are on-foot…in a State that Rainey practically an entire season straight, as well as periodically thru to other separate seasons. Now Walmart and Target caved in and brought back plastic; but this state has been leading the charge for a Green America and work hard to keep litter to an extreme minimum.
Another Washington (state not swamp) person here, though I have lived in NJ. I'm no longer anywhere near as mobile as I was half a century ago, and my grocery shopping is now done on-line with pick-up at the store. The heavy multi-use plastic bags only get one use, as I'm not the one selecting and bagging my purchases. I getting quite a stack of those essentially useless heavy-duty, multi-use bags. At least the old, lightweight plastic bags made decent small garbage bags. BTW, those paper bags were a disaster: Many did not have handles, so were a PITA to carry car-to-apartment, and those with handles often had the handles come off, which was even worse. Also, our eight month long rainy season meant one couldn't carry 'em far.
Laziness! So, instead of trying to remember to take our own bags, we just drive off with their baskets? Listen, I've been there myself and had no choice but to buy reusable bags again. The only way to stop spending money buying those is to remember to take them with me.
Lady all u are is a complier anything they tell u to do u ull do it. U ever think why they took them away?why they take away the bag just to pay 5-10$ for a company bag. U just getting scammed to buy more bags
No, its just an inconvenience & tax on poor people! Those bags are not recyclable btw.💁♂️ P.s. stop acting like a karen Madeline, this is why most people dont like you, youre quick to judge others. Maybe the 4-5$ for bags breaks the bank for some folks. Funny thing is i bet you call youre self a Christian too.😒🤣
But apparently that is a challenge these days for grown adults. What have we been dumbed down to? Even Walmart has an announcement "reminding" customers to go out to the parking lot and check their cars to make sure they didn't "forget" their child or pet in the vehicle 🤦♀️
@Daniel Mitchell: Dear Daniel Mitchell: Was this a female cashier or a b-bubba type with bulging eyes observing your baggy pants? If it was the cashier, please provide me with the location.
I think they should allow paper bags for online deliveries because many stores and now just handing out a fresh set of reuseable bags every single time you place an order and that is way worse for the environment than just handing out paper paper bag that you can recycle.
Not all of those so-called re-useable bags get re-used. Their handles rip off after one use for home delivery so what good are they? I don't have room to store them & no one else wants them. And the stores I use charge extra for the bags for home delivery. Wonder who benefits from this new ban?? 🤔 🤑
@@rachelr8837 I can't pay people to take the reusable bags! Everyone already has more than they need. They don't like them for shopping bec they are oversized and you can't lift them after they are filled. Since I am running out of plastic bags, I'm just using them to put out the garbage. Such a waste!
I moved from SoCal to NJ and this has been in effect there (for places where food is sold) since about 2014 so I'm used to it and own a lot of my own reusable bags that I wanted to use even before now. I live in Essex County and what I've noticed that didn't happen in SoCal is that there's no alternative offered when a person doesn't have their own bag, reusable or otherwise and worse yet, because stores aren't providing bags, apparently they've also abandoned the practice of bagging your wares causing a pile up at the register. I find that to be the most infuriating part of all of this. Save the environment but don't become completely derelict in your efficiency and in customer service. New Jersey has handled this roll out wrong so far as consumers haven't been eased into it and almost all retailers have stopped providing bags which is impractical.
They could do what Japan does and provide cardboard boxes that they would otherwise throw away for forgetful customers. As an American, it’s so tiring listening to people in this country whine about little things that other countries have no problem dealing with
I've seen several stores that take the boxes their product is shipped in and instead of throwing them out, let the customers use them. I used to shop at a grocery store that did this for years. I didn't really feel any inconvenience for it. I thought it was a good idea!
They voted for the people that do actually write the laws though. You know, the "Vote blue no matter who", people. Congratulations, they got what they voted for. Now they are getting feedback from their actions.
I worked as a cashier in NY when it first passed here. The customers vented alot of frustration but never once was I or any of my fellow workers cursed out personally for the law. That could be a bit of an exaggeration. If you work with the public you need thick skin.
@@cerscil Customers have cursed me out. I worked in retail for over 20 years. One lady cursed me out for not allowing her to return an item which was not our product ! 🤪 🤦🏼♀️
@@cjhoward409 I never said customers don't curse staff out, but in my experience, which is extensive, when the customers were bitching about the bags, which is what we were talking about, I never experience or heard of a customer blaming the cashier for the law. They bitch and moan and the cashier unfortunately is the one who has to listen to to it, But that's part of the job.
another issue the grocery stores are having is that people store their reusable bags in the trunk or garage and they attract bugs then when the cashiers open up their reusable bags to bag the food they scan the roaches go scurrying out into the stores it is so bad in Florida that many cashiers make the customer open their bags and check them for bugs before they will take them and fill them with the scanned items, of course this prevents the cashier from having a roach scurry out across her hand but it still causes the problem of the roaches are now in the store. many stores have had to increase their pest control service on the front end because of the high volume of insects being brought into the store through reusable grocery bags.
What reusable bags are attracting roaches? I have been using various reusable bags and never had a bug issue. I do also regularly launder my bags, I’ve even received compliments on my clean my bags are from cashiers.
@@so.many.obstacles So you suggest I take my [paid for] delivery bags to a laundromat and PAY to wash & dry them? No. They go in the garbage dumpster. For as long as I can remember, FL has always had problems with bugs in grocery bags. No one I know would take a grocery bag inside. They empty them in the garage & carry the food inside to avoid insects.
The ban is never about saving the environment. Free bags which are so much thinner are now replaced with 10 cent thicker plastic bags. It's all about $$$. If you don't mind spending a few more, you still can destroy the environment with thicker plastic bags.
@@shaggydawg5419 Maybe you don't understand the "reusable" part of "reusable bags". Of course the reusable bag is thicker but you'll have it for years. I've been using mine for 15 years. You are also not thinking about the other negative aspects of thin plastic bags. They don't just magially appear at the supermarkets. Creating all of those bags takes energy and creates pollution. Then you have to truck them to all of the supermarkets. Then, in the rare case that people recycle them, they have to get melted down and formed into some other non recylcable object. All of that creates even more pollution. While reusable bags have a larger plastic footprint, it's one and done. It won't take long for it to be an environmentally better object than the thin plastic bags.
We had a bag ban in my city. They were sued and found out it was a form of illegal taxation since we had to pay for the bags. I always forgot mine. So glad they did away with it. And the mayor was voted out next election.
So you want Socialism when it comes to bags. Why shouldn't the store charge for them? They aren't free to the store, so why should you get a free handout. That's Capitalism, baby!
Yeah from the land of you cant tell us what to do, plastic pollution in the oceans is horrendous but hey you are so very smart but cant remember to take bags with you
@@rodhales9536 Says the people who are gas polluters flying everywhere, living in mansions for one person, with huge swimming pools and green laws wasting gas, elelctricity and water. And the morons have the nerve to tell us to bring our own bags. Yeah right. The more you talk the more I'll use plastic bags. LOL
Carry your groceries home in your arms enough and you'll start remembering your bags. Only way people learn to do something new is being forced into it. Paper bags are biodegradable folks, plastic isn't.
Employer before pandemic went to biodegradable spoons and forks in the lunchroom. Truthfully, they are higher quality than regular plastic. On the straws, yeah mandated for local restaurants in my area, lasted about 2 weeks.
Well in California they banned "single use" bags and charge 10 cents for thicker "reusable" plastic bags that I have never once seen be reused. So now there's more plastic being thrown away. Interestingly enough there was two measures to be decided on, one of which was the plastic bag ban and the other was to use the money generated from selling the bags for environmental purposes. I declined the bag ban and opted to go for a yes on the donation measure as a hedge. Only the bag ban was passed and I ask myself who would choose one and not the other? It's just a cash grab and likely a manipulated "choice", choosing my words carefully here so that this message makes it passed the "allowed speech" criteria here.
Quite the generalization. I reuse my bags all the time, though I always bring my own bags, I sometimes underestimate how many I’ll need and may buy another once in a while.
California here. The ones issued during the pandemic are good quality. Been reusing them rather than my regular reusable bags. Ticked off though when some stores briefly banned bags brought into the store and forced people to purchase new ones.
@@nomenclature9373 ... what gets me about California ??? ... paper straws in a plastic film 😝😆 ... why not paper strews in a paper film rap to much to ask for probley 👌 ...
Those 10 cent bags are 10 times the quality of the old ones and more than worth their price. I work in a retail store that is allowed to use the single use bags and we easily waste significantly more plastic simply because the bags keep ripping before the customer even pays. I never throw away the 10 cent bags (unless they rip) and honestly because I paid money for the bag, I am far more motivated to reuse the bag.
Californian here, and I use those 10-cent bags ALL the time when I shop. I keep them in my car. When I bring them inside with items I’ve purchased, I unpack the bag(s) and hang them on a hook by the door to remind me to take them and put them in the car next time I’m out. Occasionally, I forget to bring them into the store with me before shopping. I either go back to the car to grab them or I decide to spend another dime or two on new bags when I check out. And sometimes I just take the cart of purchased but . un-bagged items to my car and put the items in bags then. All depends on what I’m buying, quantity of items, etc. I think MOST folks in California do the same now. The change took some getting used to, but that’s the great thing about being human: we are able to adapt.
0:57 dont see the issue in this method as some ppl would. the groceries in your cart are unbagged in the store..how is it any different outside the store
I've been using my own bags since 1987, so it's been a habit for me to bring my own bags for decades. Back then, stores had promotions and gave away free bags, so I have ones for grocery stores that no longer exist, like Grand Union. I'm not sure why people are having so much trouble with bringing bags. They don't even have to be the grocery bag types. I bring a cooler to put cold and frozen food in, an insulated bag for meats and even a giant Bahamas tote someone gave me for heavy stuff.
Tf you travel every day or something? I don't wanna do tedious shit. But sure, I'd reluctantly bring my own bag to deal with this modern day bs. Don't mean I gotta like it. Bag lady
#Virtuesignalharder I use the plastic for dog waste, scraps, and do you religiously wash your bags every time you use them? If they sit for a week do you wash them. I wouldn't put food in a cloth bag. I bet you mask up. Sigh.
@@603bornlivefreeordie5 Buy bags specifically for scraps and dog waste. You are using a very large plastic bag for small dog poop. And even if you reused every single plastic bag you've ever gotten for something else, there's a ton of people that do not.
@@603bornlivefreeordie5 Not that I owe you anything, but even before the pandemic, I had to wear gloves and a mask when I was around other people. My doctors said if I get worse, I have to go in a plastic bubble, but so far, I can go still go out. My canvas bags are all washable, all the supermarket food is in plastic containers anyway so that part is a straw man argument. Like I said, I've done this for decades and have them in the car trunk at all times. I don't have a dog, so no need for poo bags. The irony is that now, instead of the single-use thin plastic bags, the stores are copiously selling ... plastic bags which are thicker. If you don't want to do any of it, feel free to steal the hand baskets, I guess.
Wait - they ban paper bags? That seems silly. CA has a ban on plastic bags, but they all offer paper bags so you do have an option if you don’t remember your reusable bags.
I live in a state where stores still have paper and plastic bags and I use reusable bags. It's not an inconvenience just keep them in your trunk and put them back when you put groceries away.
I think the grocery stores need to be mindful that when customers return with their empty bags there may be roaches or other insects tagging along. 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢😳😳😳
This is my only real problem with the reusable bag thing. Some stores have no problem bagging your groceries into your own bags tho. Trader Joe's is always real cool about it. Super friendly cashiers at Trader Joe's.
@@rdean150 I have their reusable bags … bought them over 10 years ago. They’re excellent !!! And I bring them to Walmart, the cashiers there never have a problem using them instead
here another fun fact: in 2020 and 2021, some grocery stores near me did not allow customers to bring their reusable bags (due to COVID). So customers are left with 2 choices, buy or no bags.
In my grocery the cashiers no longer bag unless I take too long (which I do bec of dexterity problems). They watch, sigh, and huff & puff until finally they throw my stuff into a big bag that I can't lift just to get rid of me so they can go on break.
I just use one of those heavy duty cardboard document boxes. I just throw it in the cart and fill it up. It’s heavy duty, has handles, and is actually much easier to carry into the house.
I use those Lotus Bags and I love them. A mother's day gift. I also use the Walmart blue bags too which are really cheap. I started using reusable because they are stronger and better insulators than plastic bags. It also takes me a minute more to put them back in my car after I'm done shopping. I don't see the big deal and it's better than putting plastic bags in landfills. Plastic doesn't break down like other materials.
@That V8 Life I have two pocket sized bags in my purse and I put the Lotus and Walmart bags the car I use to weekly shop in. My husband and kids have a couple pocket bags in their car's glove box. Pocket bags are cheap if you buy them in multiples. I bought some from Amazon for about $1 a piece a few years back. I found it worth the extra money. It saved me money and time in the long run because reusable bags don't break like the others did. No going back to the store after the spaghetti sauce jar broke for this gal.
Does anyone clean the reusable bags after each use and before storing them for the next use? You know because, covid and all. Doesn't the covid virus live on inanimate surfaces for up to 17hrs? Will all the reusable bags break down in the landfils. What about the lower income people in urban areas who don't own a car, must they carry 5 reusable bags to work with them all day, so they can shop after work (I usually keep several bags in each car trunk but not everyone is me ), and if they forget, do they purchase bags that eat into their grocery bill.
@@coolbreeze4576 In my state during the pandemic, they made the customer bag their own groceries if they wanted to use reusable bags. For exactly the same reason you stated. I wash my bags and air dry them but yes, there are some who don't. My daughter is a cashier and she said some are just gross. The begs my girls carry are small, easily the size of a plum when packed up and they're placed in their backpack. If you take the bus, these bags are easy to store. My kids make it a habit to put the bags back in their backpack just like putting the keys on the hook by the door. People just need to make it part of their routine and then it won't happen that often, plus stores do give away boxes in a pinch, just have to ask. Plus, I've seen people on the bus, back in the day, holding a food box from their local food pantry and it worked fine for them. I know it's a change but isn't less waste better? If everyone recycled plastic bags or we stayed with paper bags, which are biodegradable, we wouldn't be here.
@@juliabensonreazin7672 Just trying to understand here - a recyclable box is better than a recyclable paper bag how? or just that the box is on a second use and the consumer must use something used and nasty to take their items home in .... and what are the reusable bags made out of and what happens when they wear out? Who are we supporting who manufactured those bags - (ie, made in China by slaves?? or made in America?) It is a complicated issue I think ....
They can produce biodegradable bags if they want to. The reusable bags are bigger and heavy. I can't lift them. Plus their handles rip off easily. Whole lot of waste. If I bring smaller bags to the store, the cashier complains that my bags are too small, although everything fits in them just fine.
Yup it took me a year to remember to grab my bags from the back seat of my car. Then have done the carry items out of the store without bags, used the carts to carry my load to my car then transfer to boxes ( Costco idea) in my back seat. I still forget my bags… and now it’s been 5 or more years. I love the idea of no plastic bags. You just gotta do what you gotta do. You find ways. I don’t steal baskets though!!! It’s not the store’s fault. They must abide by the law or they will get fined!!
"I think they're losing more money" No, you're stealing. You're just trying to justify being a thief and blame the store. Just call it what it is stealing. Because these are the same people who will claim they are good people and don't break the law, when they do. It's stealing. I often (usually) forget my bags in the car too. just take them to my car and bag them, or bag them when I get home and return the cart.
Saving the environment by taking away the plastic bags that you place all your plastic covered items in when you leave the store. Almost everything you purchase from cigarettes to meat is covered in plastic. They are saving millions by making you bring your own bags that you can purchase from them. I wonder when they will stop making soda and water in plastic bottles or cleaning supplies. Corporations don't think in terms of saving the environment but in saving themselves lots of money! It's all about the money!
No. It's all about some dimwit leftist politicians forcing them to do this. Because then pathetic tyrants want nothing more than to tell people what to do. Some stores have done this on their own. And that's fine. But that's not what's going on here. It's the government banning plastic and paper bags.
People just want to complain. In the beginning I'd forget my reusable bags, but it's become a habit now to grab them before going into the store. And even if you forget them you can just put the stuff back into your cart and put the things into the bags once you get back to your car. See how easy that is?
This happened near me (I live in Hudson Valley New York). The grocery stores near me no longer have shopping baskets or the smaller shopping carts. It’s ridiculous…
They should at least have paper bags on hand. Those can be recycled. Or they could sell plastic or paper bags for 10 cents each. Make some money off of those who forget their reusable bags. That one guy is right, I have so many reusable bags because I kept having to buy them because I would unexpectedly need to go to the store and wouldn't have one on me.
I've reused the "single use" plastic bags dozens of times. Pandemic many stores forced people into getting new bags rather than bringing in ones from home. I have a surplus of reusable "single use" bags. I am reusing those rather than the larger reusable ones. Turns out to be a bit more convenient and easier to store in the car.
@@erinsanderson7742 No need to be condescending on someone, it's the thought that counts. Most people don't know polyester and nylon in clothes are major polluters of plastic, but can you blame them for not knowing? There's a difference between negligence and ignorance.
@@erinsanderson7742 jeez man chill lol people are forgetful, in California we have to pay 10 cents for the plastic bags or they have paper also, it’s not that serious brotha 😂
It's a mindset one has to get used to. I carry my own hold-all shopping basket with me wherever I go. I have done that for years ever since the environmentalists have warned on the dangers of plastic in the environment & oceans.
so whats the point of stealing the whole basket? are those people going to return someday and re-use it when they shop again risking getting caught if all baskets are removed so they can tell who took one? are the baskets being re-sold like idk if they got street value????
Are they even thinking about how many ppl have handled those baskets with their disgustingly filthy hands and they're potentially bringing that into their homes?? Ooh but I'm guessing hygiene isn't really too important these days.
Lol, they aren't being resold. Reusable bags are super cheap so I don't know why anybody would willingly buy a more expensive and cumbersome basket instead of a bag. The answer is usually the simpilest. People either forgot to bring their bags or are pissy that they have to bring their own bags. So instead buying a new bag the checkout or using baskets to bring stuff to their car and return the basket immediately, they just steal the basket because they are crappy people.
Some people do not understand trees are crops like wheat or corn. "Save a tree, don't use paper bags". Do they save corn by not buying high fructose corn syrup?
“Let them take what they want”- from one of the scumbag got interviewed on a news channel. Just raised the price on everything to compensate for the thief.
To Tinh S: The bag situation is bad and sad, inviting shoplifting and hauling. I've seen videos of other stores being ransacked: Merchandise is placed in large laundry-type bags with the "Rambo" staff and security standing knock-knees and helpless.
@@paigeherrin29: Dear Paige: I know what you mean. You are correct. However, harken to the burgeoning scope of stuff stolen before the ban and in 2022: ----------------------------- The brazenness of single and en-masse teef, *creating shaky-knee syndrome for stipend security guards* bestowed upon the once-masculine solid *Rambo-types who psyche out the meek* -- but *shiver at the stakes* involved in the job of security, situated stoically and still like a demure mannequin. The new motto: "Let them take it -- and keep your life."
First world problem whining and complaining 😂 I’ve been using reusable bags for decades now. So much easier to carry 2 big bags versus a bunch of flimsy plastic bags that won’t hold more than 1-2 items and rip easily.
honestly, ya. I still have dozens of plastic bags from the old days and I keep a dozen or so in a backpack in my car. So I can either take the backpack full and have extra bags if I need to. I have a backpack I use every day but I have the one in my car as a spare. It's too easy to adjust. And my bags never break now. It's like people complaining about ppaper straws but never bothered to reuse the plastic ones either. Or buy their own plastic ones lol
Not everyone in this country has a 1st world lifestyle. Some have to walk home in the pouring rain and don't have a bag. Paper bags wouldn't work in this scenario.
Bans on t-shirt bags are at best a "feel good" measure - the reusable bags are just as big a drain on the environment as they use MORE resources to produce and have limited lifespan. I have foldable box totes that are much more durable and useful, but few stores have these.
HI was the 1st state to start it. The stores started using starch based biodegradable bags. They are actually better quality than the flimsy regular plastic bags. The stores just don't want to buy them. Those usable bags are useless & add to pollution as well.
No ….. covering the earth & filling the oceans with plastic bags because people are too lazy to develop the habit of bringing a bag from home (or the car) is incredibly short-sighted. Geez!
If they used to GIVE plastic bags why cant they GIVE you the cloth bags? This is not to save the environment, its to save them money and pass the expense onto the customer. I honestly hope people start taking shopping carts next.
The price of plastic bags is far less than the price of cloth. Nobody is giving you anything. If they "gave" out those bags they would just charge more for everything in the store. Running a business isn't a charity or some fantasy world. They're doing it because the people of New Jersey voted for people that made this the law. That's why they're doing it. To think that a business should just eat the cost and give out free cloth bags because the government made a law,. And not doing so shows all they care about is saving money... And in reaction to this you hope people STEAL more property from these businesses... Shows how deplorable you truly are. Shows why so many businesses don't want to do business around people like you. Shows why so many businesses in big major left this cities all over the country are closing up shop. Because of deplorables like you.
Just remove the handbaskets for a few months until people become accustomed to bringing their bags with them. It takes a while (I frequently forgot mine in my car), but I prefer the larger personal bags - fewer bags to carry, they don't rip apart. I found it helped to write a reminder on my shopping list and put them on the passenger seat when I went to the store.
The most ridiculous thing that has happened in CA with "plastic bag bans" is that all they did was make thicker plastic bags that are "reusable" So it solved literally nothing. All it did was make thicker plastic. Which is more plastic.
Exactly. And they charge for them so the stores are making money off them without actually doing anything to help the environment which was the whole purpose of the ban.
Start charging these people with theft and locking them up for 60 days per offense. Once that happens a few times people will behave. QUIT SERVING THE CRIMINALS!!!!!!
@@MH-eu1dr Cruel and unusual? Its fucking theft? Follow the law and you wont have to worry about it. People like you are why are country is falling apart.
Okay. Banning paper bags, a totally biodegradable item, and replacing them with reusable bags, which will all end up lasting decades in landfills at some point, makes total sense.
70% of the world's carbon emissions are produced by just 100 companies. banning individuals from using plastic bags is just a drop in the bucket. hold these corporations accountable for their global pollution if you really care about the environment!
These stores could just keep boxes in a bin for customer use. They could even put a big sign up that says 'Forgot your shopping bag, don't worry we got you' or 'Free boxes for your convenience'. Simple solution that many people have been using at Aldi for decades now.
Costco was way ahead of it's time by offering this to it's customers.
And how many boxes you think they have laying around? 🤔 🤡
Boxes are considered paper.
Many stores in California use biodegradable bags.
@@inflation1139 tell me you’re maga without telling me you’re maga 🙄 rude!
I remember years ago when plastic bags started to replace paper bags, they were touted as environmentally-friendly.
I like how the sign above the canvas bags they were selling said "Choose to re-use". Kinda hard to choose when you take the choice away isn't it.
Well it was environmentally friendly until the ignorant tree huggers figured out plastic bags are from .
Hydrocarbons are 100% organic product from the earth
And computers were going to save so much paper whole forests would be saved
Government full you up on lies and still do and the greenies wouldn't know their a hole from their elbow.
@@alexrodgers9247 Well, you still have simpletons who persist in relying on paper.
I remember when I was a kid there were bins full of boxes at the front of the stores. Would be nice if businesses went back to doing that. The cost of the reusable bags adds up for those of us that are forgetful, and reusing boxes is better than them going instantly to the dumpster.
They are recycled, special dumpsters out back for boxes.
@@nicolewembley3093 I’m aware, but it’s still better for them to get more use out of them before recycling. The three R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. It’s best to reuse something, if you can, before recycling it. It’s also much more cost effective for those of us on tight budgets/forgetful.
I worked in a supermarket that did that - customers used to throw boxes all over the place and also throw rubbish in there
Aldi still does that. I wish more places did.
It isn't a huge burden to bring your own bag/basket when shopping. People did it for most of human history.
@@seganaleqado you really think the average person is going to take a box to some recycling facility when they can just throw it in the garbage. After all if people were going to recycle wouldn't it just be easier to set up recycling for all these plastic bags? Although I believe it's been shown that that typically still winds up at the dump
I used to reuse all my plastic bags by simply using them for holding garbage.
I've been doing the same for years.
Are they going to start banning garbage bags now?
@@KittyMama61 Would not surprise me, they ought to ban people who ban things.
That's what I do. I'm in PA, so we still get plastic bags here.
If you have diaper age kids, they’re good for disposing of diapers.
Getting rid of plastic bags, getting rid of cashiers, replacing cashiers with self checkouts, making people bag out own groceries, restaurants making people pay for cups, for a straw, for napkins, for bags for food, it's absolutely absurd. In Vancouver Canada, they make us pay extra for cups for beverages we order, it's like I paid for the beverage what am I supposed to put it in if you don't provide me with the cup? It's so stupid. The level of greed is getting disgustingly ridiculous.
Welcome to socialism.
Just be glad they're not charging extra for the ice... yet.
how is that socialism. That's literally capitalism, don't be stupid. Also it just seems like you're finally paying the real costs.
Stop being so entitled
@@greenmachine5600 they want to control everyone, tell people you can do this or you can’t do this anymore. The socialists are greedy as well, they all work together perfectly. How would it be capitalism if the state of New Jersey is making it mandatory for all store’s to not use plastic bags anymore?
Reusable bags are usually dirty on the bottom and spread germs. I was always grossed out when a customer would have me bag in their reusable cloth bags.
Not sure banning plastic bags even makes a difference.
There are so many products made of way more plastic than a grocery bag.
It's just for optics. At least a plastic bag can be reused and is convenient.
Exactly I said the same thing . Everything in our society has plastic in it , but you choose to ban plastic bags . I mean it’s a very very small step with there is a million left to go .. this is just for optics .
Absolutely it’s optics and giving people practice at changing behavior which has been a common theme since the beginning of this decade
@@alephnull7410 only issue is the rest of
The world does whatever they want. Yes it’s very noble of us , but in the grand scheme of things a drop in the bucket .
It makes a HUGE difference. Imagine banning plastic bags from every single store in America. I can’t even estimate how many tons of plastic a day would be unused. Same with straws.
@@richardwalker6004 what I meant by “changing behavior” is not a good thing but it’s made out to be a noble, good thing when it’s actually just soft authoritarianism. I know what you’re talking about but I was more getting at how citizens are compliant with changing their behavior so long as it is framed in virtue. In the long run it socially engineers people to be complicit with anything that is asked of them.
My brother lives in New Jersey but also part time in Florida. Recently he took with him over 200 plastic bags from Publix Supermarket (Florida chain) and now he shows up with the plastic bags at the Jersey supermarket. So far all he’s gotten are some nasty looks and some people laughing, but he’s itching for somebody to say something. In his mind they can’t deny him the sale as long as he has his own bags, never mind that they’re all plastic 😂
I would do the same!
Besides the inconvenience of all the hand baskets now gone from my local supermarket, I'm totally disgusted by the absolutely filthy reusable bags people are bringing into the store and putting down in the same place I must checkout my groceries. It's completely unsanitary.
For real! As a cashier, I have had chemicals from the bags effect my breathing. They are not environmentally friendly!
😂😂😂@@marigoldsun
Everyone: we must change.
Companies: let's make more stuff out of plastic.
Our government: people stop using so much plastic!
Companies: yeah people!
Companies need to be held accountable for the waste that they produce. It's the only way any of this will change.
@@MikeCalhoun we allow it as consumers. Supply and demand is simple. But we gotta keep buying stuff. What options do we have?
Gatorade bottles are crazy thick..so much plastic waste
@@MikeCalhoun Company: Yeah. Sure. We’re all good with that. We’re on board.
Ok. Got that. Pass the cost onto the consumer.
@@vgee3926 I rmember when they tried selling these cheap thin plastic waterbottles they would fall apart while you drank them. Suffice it to say it didn't last.
AND paper?
Well this ban sounds completely pointless.
Goes from paper bag to recycled paper or TP. I can see why banning plastic bags tho.
Rips apart
It’s a dumb idea , banning plastic bags but everything is the dam store is made with some short of plastic , even the food is in plastic containers we got to a point in society where things are just for show rather then a serious purpose.
@@richardwalker6004: Show biz food and drink containers that cost more than the actual product!
@@richardwalker6004 then what do you suppose smart guy? Just do nothing.. "if 'it is broke' don't fix it" mentality of changing absolutely nothing and expecting a change isn't gonna solve anything
Plastic bags ARE REUSABLE! Who says they aren't?!? Banning plastic bags is insanity!
The thin ones brake too easily. And a lot of the time is made for the sole purpose of carrying it from the store to the car then get thrown away. I know people like to use the bags as liners for rubbish but the ban is suppose to reduce waste as a lot of people don't seem to be responsible in having them.
@@philinator71 At one time plastic grocery bag where thick and sturdy, that you can reuse them, be recycled easily. Hack i can remember when plastic water bottles used to be quite thick too. So thick that you couldn't even crush them in the middle with two fingers, like you can with the plastic water bottles now.
California banned plastic bags over 8 years ago and is charging 15-20 cents for paper or reusable plastic. Although now people are used to bringing their own bags here, Whole Foods found an interesting strategy. Instead of charging 10 cents for a bag, they give you 10 cents off if you bring your bag. Another idea is Vons started putting alarms on their baskets.
i'm sorry but americans are big babies. This system has been in place in Europe for a long long time and I've yet to see anyone steal baskets or complain that they forgot their bag at home or that they need special incentive. Insane
Aldi was like since I have been alive. Buy the bags you need, no extra waste. They even leave loose shipment boxes so people can use them for free.
Californian here, its 10 cents per bag. And the tax only applies to bags that have handles and are from grocery stores. IDK who is selling them for more than 10 cents. If you are paying more then you are being scammed. Oregon and Washington also have a bag tax. OR is 5 cents and WA is 7 cents.
People act like it's suuuuch an inconvenience, but it's how shopping used to be when people brought their own boxes, baskets or sacks for carrying their goods home. society needs to go back to some basics for markets to remain sustainable. People just like to whine.
Whole Foods legally has to charge 10-cents for their bags in California. It’s literally the law. There’s no line in the bill that says “this law applies to all grocery stores except Whole Foods.” Yes they do a 10 cent discount for using your own bags, but they also charge 10 cents if you need a store provided one...Target also employs a similar discount, they will discount you 5 cents for every bag of your own you check out with.
During the 1st year of the pandemic, stores banned bringing in reusable bags. So we'd put things back into the shopping cart & do the bagging at the car. We keep a few boxes in the car too for the same. While shopping sometimes you'll see near empty boxes. I get those & use them instead of hand held basket sometimes & tell the cashier to put things right back into it after scanning.
Our supermarket allowed us to use our reusable bags but they sprayed them when we entered the stores.
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:38-39.
@@msg4141: Great times abound with Einstien's politicians ruling the states:
The plastic bag ban started during the pandemic.
Supermarkets are not allowed to give out bags which is gross thinking regarding people bringing in theirs.
Shoplifters are at the ready -- who later transfer to become smash-and-grab artists hauling hie in bulk with their sizeable bags.
This is making life dangerous for states and societies, clogging sapiens' systems with lead -- whilst clearing the streams of whatever -- for whatever!
@That V8 Life it's not different, it's the fact that his store banned bringing your own reusable bag, making them have to resort to that
I'm glad my store & state doesn't have any plastic bag bans.
Woah, this is a new one. I'm in California and we banned free single use plastic grocery bags quite a few years ago. You can buy a sturdier version for a dime. Never saw anyone walk off with a basket.
You live in California. That sentence right there discredited anything you said afterwards.
@@jonnyfendi2003 No need for insults.
No? In California? Well, I suppose, most people in California just walk out without paying, so I guess they would prefer to use a cart for those big hauls.
I'm genuinely surprised californians like you are so out of touch, when theres literally countless videos of californians walking out of walgreens with countless items unpaid for. (typically minorities)
I love seeing Americans go at each other because they live in different states, not so united after all 😆 the whole country is a shithole
It’s absolutely ridiculous that free citizens in New Jersey can’t use paper and plastic bags to shop while half the packaged food industry uses huge amounts of wasteful and sometimes unnecessary plastic packaging on a much larger scale. Just like the plastic straw ban, these changes may make some people feel better but in reality they make such a minimal impact and just turn our attention away from the real pollution issues. Politicians would rather burden the regular citizen than the industries lining their pockets.
not true. They make a big impact. Educate yourself gramps.
Ridiculous? No, it isn't. It means that plastic bags use reduced because of the ban. Well, there are still much larger scale companies that use plastic as packaging, but the important is that it's reduced the usage of plastic.
What's ridiculous is that you see this very minor contribution to improving the environment as an outrageous burden. Small positive changes add up. Get over yourself.
I really despise those cardboard straws. I had to use 5 of them just to finish a regular size slushie from Taco Bell because it became so saturated fast that it was worthless after one or two sips. Beyond that, it was already worthless trying to get any sips out of it. I’m over it
@@beautifulwaterfall222 riiight, at least these people won't be here forever to further destroy the world.
"Plastic ban bag" great work with the video title 😅
🤭🤭🤣 all for the alliteration.
Noticed it right away. They need to get some Readerproofs back on the Rolespay.
@@mariee.5912 The correct "Plastic bag ban" is just as alliterative.
Whoever wrote the title must have been a diversity hire 😂
Look how quick the title changed lol
So let's get this straight: You won't provide plastic bags to your customers, but you WILL produce your OWN store products and package THEM in plastic. Yes, I can see how truly important the reduction of plastic is to you.
There is a history with plastic here in the States and it won't be dissolved easily. It is a slow start on something that should've been fixed or altered decades ago.
@@Last_E_iz_A_thre3 more like the rich companies won't take responsibility but the working class will. We have to do without plastic but they don't.
@@otakuking69 Just seems like most of people out there don't want to take any responsibility and don't even care at all. Their life is based about them and their own significance and not anything of substance. This is the reason why progress is so slow especially in this country.
@@Last_E_iz_A_thre3 The plastic bag ban isn't progress. The replacement bags are not all that durable and use a ton more resources. Further, the more inconvenient you make something the more people will look elsewhere. I also wonder how it would work with grocery delivery, reusing shared food bags would be a great way to create a disease vector. Just a another stupid idea people do to feel better about themselves without accomplishing anything.
Maybe you missed it. Plastic bags were BANNED. You know, by LAW. The grocery store isn't the one making the decision. If it HAD been their decision, they likely would have continued providing plastic bags.
Product packaging isn't affected by the ban, so those products will continue to have plastic packaging.
This shit where the baskets being taken is not the store's fault. It's John Q. Public and his head-up-ass refusal to take this seriously, and his utter indifference to the chaos he leaves in his wake.
Shoppers in many Democratic cities have learned to shop without bags…using backpacks, large coats etc. just remember not to get more than $999 worth of groceries in one trip…
Wow man you put your groceries in jackets... And you're using that as a flex?
just stop making stupid laws lol
Why no more than $999?
@@theresalacey6126
In Calif, theft under 900.00 is a misdemeanor, if caught the thief only gets a ticket
@@sgt.gruhnn thank you.
Waaaa, waaaa, waaaa! “I have to bring my own bag! How unfair! Let’s steal something instead, because I’m too lazy!” 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻😳
Nailed it. Sounds that way to me too.
We keep ours in the car and our ban has been going on for a few years now and we STILL forget them sometimes.
I forget mine once a while but I also carry a satchel with me so I rarely do now.
Just push the cart full of groceries out to your car and bag them out there. I shop at Aldi and do this every single week. The bags live in my van, they never go into the store. I don't want the cashier touching my bags.
This is so ridiculous, we have to pay high price for food and also for the bags, my advice to everyone is, during summer and while farmers are still laboring, just go shop at their shops.... you get real food. & If you have thank you bags that you are getting rid of, just give it to the farmers.
Egg cartoons too
Easy…move
Good idea.
What’s ridiculous is our reliance on plastics we know do more harm than good to our planet
Thank you. From the farm.
I moved to Florida so I wouldn't have to deal with this bullshit
It’s hard to find a hand basket in any store now! As a wheelchair bound person … I don’t use a large cart … I need a hand basket! But our needs are not considered! I finally switched to online shopping and delivery!
When I was in Germany, ppl just brought their own bags. No one stole baskets. If someone didn’t have a bag they bought one. Very simple. Why do Americans have to be so extra?
Extra? Ha, more like lazy/selfish/entitled.
we got rid of plastic bags years ago in Hawaii I still forget my reusable bag its not a big deal..
Well, your state forgot about the Native Hawaiians, and now they're all pretty much homeless. So, surf's up, I guess.
@Mr. E. Mann
Lol dude is funny 😂
We in Europe also don’t have plastic bags. We have paper bags you have to pay for, or just take your own reusable bags with you. It works.
You islanders are a lost cause
What exactly did getting rid of plastic bags at the supermarket do? I haven't really noticed a positive impact on anything. I only see more people leaving the store trying to bear hug and straddle groceries that eventually end up on the ground. 🤷♂️
This ban has been ongoing in Jamaica for over two years without the theft of 1 handheld basket... these persons are just lazy!!!
Bring your own bags ....geez....I've been doing it for 20 years. What a bunch of babies.
Exactly we got so many other things to worry about
Same. But during the pandemic, stores in my area would not allow people to bring in bags. Purchase a new one or place in the cart. State then said stores can't charge during the pandemic, so now have a surplus of bags.
...i will just pay the extra 10 cents for the bags if I have to ... for a year and a half the store owners told you to stop bring in your own bags beacuse of covid ??? so covid is not around no more I don't understand ???
@@tanjmazmaz3731 yes. As soon as the mandate ended than bring your own bag started again. I did bring my own bags during covid because I bag my own groceries.
@@mattsmith4589 exactly we got MORE to worry about than the miniscule effects of plastic bags on society.
Plastic bags: people happy
No plastic bags: people angry, now you have theft.
Charge us 5 cents a bag, we dont mind
What a bunch of babies! Just leave your bags in the trunk so you don’t forget them at home. Nobody needs baskets if you have bags. Doesn’t make any sense. Haven’t seen any baskets being stolen where I am. Everyone tries to make more problems than they should!
People are just braindead these days, that's the issue. They interviewed the guy that thinks plastic bags should come back because they're "losing more money" by not using them. Terrible argument
The entitlement mentality
Those hand baskets are damn filthy…I would never want to take one home 🤮
Might be an act of rebellion. Some people really don't handle change well and they lash out. They might be thinking, you can't force me to buy bags, so I'll just take the basket. When I worked retail, I met so many people like that. I just feel sorry for the store employees who have to deal with angry customers.
All entitlement and I hate it. People would rather cry than actually change. And we know which one takes more effort. It’s ridiculous.
This is the most New Jersey story I've heard today. I mean here in Portland Oregon we banned plastic bags years ago and we didn't start stealing that handheld baskets. 😂😂😂
Yeah you just riot in the streets & burn down businesses & have the most homeless people on earth. Keep up the good work with the plastic bags though!
These are the same people who leave poop in a public toilet without flushing
and complain employers dont pay them what they are worth
Not the dastardly Poop-n-Run rascals!
A little off subject here, but in the Bronx over the weekend, there was a smash & grab at a high end jewelry store - easy to see from the video that the thieves brought their own bags to carry the loot - being prepared is everything!
😂 they’ll get used to it eventually
😂😂😂
😂😂🤭 Damn!
Points
Ha ha ha
I understand the ban on plastic bags. But there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to ban paper bags.
Paper bags have a far lower environmental impact than reusable canvas bags, due to manufacturing and shipping and chemical dying/bleaching of canvas.
Plastic bags actually have the lowest environmental impact of all for manufacturing and shipping, but they almost always end up as litter and they can't biodegrade. So paper is definitely better.
Paper is made from trees. We need trees to keep the carbon monoxide out of the air so we can breath and actually live here. If we continually used paper bags it would increase the speed of the climate change at an even more unbearable rate.
@@BasicName02 trees are an infinitely renewable resource
@@BasicName02 paper bags are made out of recycled paper. 👀
I agree, the only issue is that the paper bags, at least in my area, are made so thin that they tear before you get them out of the store.
As a primarily Costco shopper, I always forget the stupid bags because costco doesn't use them to begin with with the exception of the orange bags for the fish and meat section. I don't even have them in my car, but probably have some at home somewhere. Maybe stores should do what costco does and have the cardboard boxes from products out for costumers to take if they need them
It's a great idea to use the plastic basket and leave with it.. I never even though of it. Here in NY when I forget my bag, I simply buy a reusable one. Reusing this basket is a great 😆
...or maybe get in the habit of always putting the bags back in your car after you unpack them at home. Learn to be responsible for yourself rather than expecting someone else to take care of you. It's not that difficult really.
I like Aldi, if I forget my reusable bags, they always have boxes laying around.
But I also like my reusable bags that I use at Walmart. Their cheap flimsy bags only can hold 1-2 bags.
I have reusable bags I bought at Trader Joe’s over 10 years ago. Still holding up great !
@@jonh.7661 just like it’s not that difficult in not being a pedantic prick. You should try it sometime.
This is why I love Cosco 😂 and the food IS FIRE LOWKEY!!!
Aldi's has the better solution.
They have large, reusable, plastic bags for sale for 15¢.
They are easy to fold and fit in your car's center console.
If you forget them, no big deal. They're only a few cents, don't take up much space, and are recyclable.
Of course all this is unnecessary as we should just bring back paper bags which are biodegradable, compostable, recyclable, don't keep bacteria like cloth bags, and can be made out of recycled cardboard.
The new paper bags suck tho. They rip real easy. Lucky if you get in the house with them once. Nevermind reusing them. Ours around here anyway.
I love Aldi but I just push the full cart out to my van and bag the groceries out there. I have canvas bags (many were free, some I bought) and wash them when needed. But they never go in the store anyway so no one else has to see them. They just live in my van.
I was born and raised in Paterson, NJ, and it’ll take FAR more than banning plastic bags to make a dent in the problem. I feel like the stores should provide those bags at no cost to the consumer. Less loss on their end. That ban works only for ppl with money to waste.
Here in Washington they (had) a similar ban, and it backfired here too , just in a different way. They chose to go with paper bags only, which would be fine if not for the fact many ppl shop and are on-foot…in a State that Rainey practically an entire season straight, as well as periodically thru to other separate seasons. Now Walmart and Target caved in and brought back plastic; but this state has been leading the charge for a Green America and work hard to keep litter to an extreme minimum.
Another Washington (state not swamp) person here, though I have lived in NJ.
I'm no longer anywhere near as mobile as I was half a century ago, and my grocery shopping is now done on-line with pick-up at the store. The heavy multi-use plastic bags only get one use, as I'm not the one selecting and bagging my purchases. I getting quite a stack of those essentially useless heavy-duty, multi-use bags. At least the old, lightweight plastic bags made decent small garbage bags.
BTW, those paper bags were a disaster: Many did not have handles, so were a PITA to carry car-to-apartment, and those with handles often had the handles come off, which was even worse. Also, our eight month long rainy season meant one couldn't carry 'em far.
I usually just take the plastic bags meant for the fruit/vegetable stalls
Yep, same here. Double bag all your fruit and vegetables, to get extra plastic bags.
i just take the hand basket to bad for the stupid store
based Thomas. just shoplift. if you get caught tell them youre protesting
Laziness! So, instead of trying to remember to take our own bags, we just drive off with their baskets? Listen, I've been there myself and had no choice but to buy reusable bags again. The only way to stop spending money buying those is to remember to take them with me.
Lady all u are is a complier anything they tell u to do u ull do it. U ever think why they took them away?why they take away the bag just to pay 5-10$ for a company bag. U just getting scammed to buy more bags
No, its just an inconvenience & tax on poor people! Those bags are not recyclable btw.💁♂️
P.s. stop acting like a karen Madeline, this is why most people dont like you, youre quick to judge others. Maybe the 4-5$ for bags breaks the bank for some folks. Funny thing is i bet you call youre self a Christian too.😒🤣
But apparently that is a challenge these days for grown adults. What have we been dumbed down to? Even Walmart has an announcement "reminding" customers to go out to the parking lot and check their cars to make sure they didn't "forget" their child or pet in the vehicle 🤦♀️
Who cares?
Not surprised, people lack the ability to return carts, even if it’s right next to where they parked.
It's just pure laziness by some people. I always keep a couple of reusable bags in my car so I have them when needed.
They went too far banning paper bags.
I don't miss them. They can't hold more than 5 or 6 pounds.
I bought a bag of potato chips. The cashier made me open the bag and carry the chips by hand because it was in a plastic bag.
Nice joke
@Daniel Mitchell: Dear Daniel Mitchell: Was this a female cashier or a b-bubba type with bulging eyes observing your baggy pants?
If it was the cashier, please provide me with the location.
I’m from the generation, that the environmentalist were screaming We are cutting all the trees down… and plastic bags were the answer….
Lots of great new inventions end up being not so great. Times change, science changes, so what?
I think they should allow paper bags for online deliveries because many stores and now just handing out a fresh set of reuseable bags every single time you place an order and that is way worse for the environment than just handing out paper paper bag that you can recycle.
Not all of those so-called re-useable bags get re-used. Their handles rip off after one use for home delivery so what good are they? I don't have room to store them & no one else wants them. And the stores I use charge extra for the bags for home delivery. Wonder who benefits from this new ban?? 🤔 🤑
I love online ordering, but I'm accumulating quite a collection of reusable bags (more than I need). I do give them away for free...
@@rachelr8837 I can't pay people to take the reusable bags! Everyone already has more than they need. They don't like them for shopping bec they are oversized and you can't lift them after they are filled. Since I am running out of plastic bags, I'm just using them to put out the garbage. Such a waste!
They banned paper bags too?!? With all the improvements in forest conservation? And the recyclability? Going a little....no, a lot....overboard!
Yes, paper bags being banned makes no sense at all.
Haven't seen one since the ban.
I moved from SoCal to NJ and this has been in effect there (for places where food is sold) since about 2014 so I'm used to it and own a lot of my own reusable bags that I wanted to use even before now. I live in Essex County and what I've noticed that didn't happen in SoCal is that there's no alternative offered when a person doesn't have their own bag, reusable or otherwise and worse yet, because stores aren't providing bags, apparently they've also abandoned the practice of bagging your wares causing a pile up at the register. I find that to be the most infuriating part of all of this. Save the environment but don't become completely derelict in your efficiency and in customer service. New Jersey has handled this roll out wrong so far as consumers haven't been eased into it and almost all retailers have stopped providing bags which is impractical.
I grew up in that county. Sorry to hear it. Hopefully it will get better over time.
They could do what Japan does and provide cardboard boxes that they would otherwise throw away for forgetful customers. As an American, it’s so tiring listening to people in this country whine about little things that other countries have no problem dealing with
I know right
People are too entitled
Some stores do provide boxes. But not supermarkets. Supermarkets deal with such a high volume of people. They'd run out of boxes within an hour.
@@pogo9876 - Aldi's has boxes everywhere for people to take.
@@pogo9876
My supermarket who services a large catchment area keeps boxes at the back for those who want them.
Plastic bag ban?? Thank God I live in Tennessee. We still have brown paper bags with handles and plastic bags everywhere.
I've seen several stores that take the boxes their product is shipped in and instead of throwing them out, let the customers use them. I used to shop at a grocery store that did this for years. I didn't really feel any inconvenience for it. I thought it was a good idea!
the customers curse out employees for a law they didnt write.
They voted for the people that do actually write the laws though. You know, the "Vote blue no matter who", people. Congratulations, they got what they voted for. Now they are getting feedback from their actions.
I worked as a cashier in NY when it first passed here. The customers vented alot of frustration but never once was I or any of my fellow workers cursed out personally for the law. That could be a bit of an exaggeration.
If you work with the public you need thick skin.
Expect backlash for stupidity
@@cerscil
Customers have cursed me out. I worked in retail for over 20 years. One lady cursed me out for not allowing her to return an item which was not our product ! 🤪 🤦🏼♀️
@@cjhoward409 I never said customers don't curse staff out, but in my experience, which is extensive, when the customers were bitching about the bags, which is what we were talking about, I never experience or heard of a customer blaming the cashier for the law. They bitch and moan and the cashier unfortunately is the one who has to listen to to it, But that's part of the job.
another issue the grocery stores are having is that people store their reusable bags in the trunk or garage and they attract bugs then when the cashiers open up their reusable bags to bag the food they scan the roaches go scurrying out into the stores it is so bad in Florida that many cashiers make the customer open their bags and check them for bugs before they will take them and fill them with the scanned items, of course this prevents the cashier from having a roach scurry out across her hand but it still causes the problem of the roaches are now in the store. many stores have had to increase their pest control service on the front end because of the high volume of insects being brought into the store through reusable grocery bags.
Yeah i remember cashiering and this lady had bits of dog food at the bottom of her bag smh
What reusable bags are attracting roaches? I have been using various reusable bags and never had a bug issue. I do also regularly launder my bags, I’ve even received compliments on my clean my bags are from cashiers.
@@so.many.obstacles SMH. Just SMH
😯😯🤢🤢 Stop!!
@@so.many.obstacles So you suggest I take my [paid for] delivery bags to a laundromat and PAY to wash & dry them? No. They go in the garbage dumpster.
For as long as I can remember, FL has always had problems with bugs in grocery bags. No one I know would take a grocery bag inside. They empty them in the garage & carry the food inside to avoid insects.
Remember the old days when everything you bought would go in a brown paper bag,
What was wrong with that ?
It took me awhile to remember my bags. I bought canvas bags online. Those store types don't last long.
easy fix just print reusable on the bag and give them away as free samples loop hole done
EXCELLENT idea!
Sometimes it’s personal responsibility to remember your bag to help cut down on waste. (But yes it’s also corporation’s too)
This is what happens when brilliant politicians write brilliant laws.
Yeah, the politicians think that most shoppers are adults.. silly politicians.
The ban is never about saving the environment. Free bags which are so much thinner are now replaced with 10 cent thicker plastic bags. It's all about $$$. If you don't mind spending a few more, you still can destroy the environment with thicker plastic bags.
@@shaggydawg5419 Maybe you don't understand the "reusable" part of "reusable bags". Of course the reusable bag is thicker but you'll have it for years. I've been using mine for 15 years. You are also not thinking about the other negative aspects of thin plastic bags. They don't just magially appear at the supermarkets. Creating all of those bags takes energy and creates pollution. Then you have to truck them to all of the supermarkets. Then, in the rare case that people recycle them, they have to get melted down and formed into some other non recylcable object. All of that creates even more pollution.
While reusable bags have a larger plastic footprint, it's one and done. It won't take long for it to be an environmentally better object than the thin plastic bags.
the laws are there to lkeep u a slave just like the money printing debt slavery
@@punker4Real you in the shop spending l.ol
We had a bag ban in my city. They were sued and found out it was a form of illegal taxation since we had to pay for the bags. I always forgot mine. So glad they did away with it. And the mayor was voted out next election.
In my state, you have to pay for the reusable bags and then the store taxes you on them!
So you want Socialism when it comes to bags. Why shouldn't the store charge for them? They aren't free to the store, so why should you get a free handout. That's Capitalism, baby!
Ok Karen
Yeah from the land of you cant tell us what to do, plastic pollution in the oceans is horrendous but hey you are so very smart but cant remember to take bags with you
@@rodhales9536 Says the people who are gas polluters flying everywhere, living in mansions for one person, with huge swimming pools and green laws wasting gas, elelctricity and water. And the morons have the nerve to tell us to bring our own bags. Yeah right. The more you talk the more I'll use plastic bags. LOL
In the end, the supermarkets are the middle men, support your local farmers market.
In Italy they charge 15 cents per bag unless you use your own reusable.
Well, in Italy, they STILL don't put meatballs in their spaghetti, so the Italian model of doing things is unreliable at best.
@@metallica1fan1 spaghetti and meatballs is eh....an American thing pal. They don't do that crap over there
Funny how ppl still have to purchase plastic garbage bags. Wonder whether or not these bans are having any impact environmentally.
Some garbage bags are made to decompose now. I'm sure that at some point they will all be made that way.
@@Kathleen2022 If they’re washable that’s key.
Carry your groceries home in your arms enough and you'll start remembering your bags. Only way people learn to do something new is being forced into it. Paper bags are biodegradable folks, plastic isn't.
Wait till they give you paper straws with plastic wrapping and forks you can eat
Employer before pandemic went to biodegradable spoons and forks in the lunchroom. Truthfully, they are higher quality than regular plastic. On the straws, yeah mandated for local restaurants in my area, lasted about 2 weeks.
Where I'm from you don't get utensils unless you ask now.
They happily give out free plastic needles to junkies. And by free, I mean taxpayer funded.
Well in California they banned "single use" bags and charge 10 cents for thicker "reusable" plastic bags that I have never once seen be reused. So now there's more plastic being thrown away. Interestingly enough there was two measures to be decided on, one of which was the plastic bag ban and the other was to use the money generated from selling the bags for environmental purposes. I declined the bag ban and opted to go for a yes on the donation measure as a hedge. Only the bag ban was passed and I ask myself who would choose one and not the other? It's just a cash grab and likely a manipulated "choice", choosing my words carefully here so that this message makes it passed the "allowed speech" criteria here.
Quite the generalization. I reuse my bags all the time, though I always bring my own bags, I sometimes underestimate how many I’ll need and may buy another once in a while.
California here. The ones issued during the pandemic are good quality. Been reusing them rather than my regular reusable bags. Ticked off though when some stores briefly banned bags brought into the store and forced people to purchase new ones.
@@nomenclature9373 ... what gets me about California ??? ... paper straws in a plastic film 😝😆 ... why not paper strews in a paper film rap to much to ask for probley 👌 ...
Those 10 cent bags are 10 times the quality of the old ones and more than worth their price. I work in a retail store that is allowed to use the single use bags and we easily waste significantly more plastic simply because the bags keep ripping before the customer even pays. I never throw away the 10 cent bags (unless they rip) and honestly because I paid money for the bag, I am far more motivated to reuse the bag.
Californian here, and I use those 10-cent bags ALL the time when I shop. I keep them in my car. When I bring them inside with items I’ve purchased, I unpack the bag(s) and hang them on a hook by the door to remind me to take them and put them in the car next time I’m out. Occasionally, I forget to bring them into the store with me before shopping. I either go back to the car to grab them or I decide to spend another dime or two on new bags when I check out. And sometimes I just take the cart of purchased but . un-bagged items to my car and put the items in bags then. All depends on what I’m buying, quantity of items, etc. I think MOST folks in California do the same now. The change took some getting used to, but that’s the great thing about being human: we are able to adapt.
0:57 dont see the issue in this method as some ppl would. the groceries in your cart are unbagged in the store..how is it any different outside the store
I've been using my own bags since 1987, so it's been a habit for me to bring my own bags for decades. Back then, stores had promotions and gave away free bags, so I have ones for grocery stores that no longer exist, like Grand Union. I'm not sure why people are having so much trouble with bringing bags. They don't even have to be the grocery bag types. I bring a cooler to put cold and frozen food in, an insulated bag for meats and even a giant Bahamas tote someone gave me for heavy stuff.
Tf you travel every day or something? I don't wanna do tedious shit. But sure, I'd reluctantly bring my own bag to deal with this modern day bs. Don't mean
I gotta like it. Bag lady
#Virtuesignalharder I use the plastic for dog waste, scraps, and do you religiously wash your bags every time you use them? If they sit for a week do you wash them. I wouldn't put food in a cloth bag. I bet you mask up. Sigh.
@@603bornlivefreeordie5 mask up while driving in the car by themselves no less.
@@603bornlivefreeordie5 Buy bags specifically for scraps and dog waste. You are using a very large plastic bag for small dog poop. And even if you reused every single plastic bag you've ever gotten for something else, there's a ton of people that do not.
@@603bornlivefreeordie5 Not that I owe you anything, but even before the pandemic, I had to wear gloves and a mask when I was around other people. My doctors said if I get worse, I have to go in a plastic bubble, but so far, I can go still go out. My canvas bags are all washable, all the supermarket food is in plastic containers anyway so that part is a straw man argument. Like I said, I've done this for decades and have them in the car trunk at all times. I don't have a dog, so no need for poo bags. The irony is that now, instead of the single-use thin plastic bags, the stores are copiously selling ... plastic bags which are thicker.
If you don't want to do any of it, feel free to steal the hand baskets, I guess.
Wait - they ban paper bags? That seems silly. CA has a ban on plastic bags, but they all offer paper bags so you do have an option if you don’t remember your reusable bags.
Paper is still wasteful. There's also less incentive to use reusable bags if you can just get a paper bag.
I live in a state where stores still have paper and plastic bags and I use reusable bags. It's not an inconvenience just keep them in your trunk and put them back when you put groceries away.
I think the grocery stores need to be mindful that when customers return with their empty bags there may be roaches or other insects tagging along. 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢😳😳😳
Poor people don't care about the environment
@Ric R...lol 😂😆😂😆
@@gfbmusic WHY YOU DON'T.
@@gfbmusic this was a dumb and very ignorant comment
No grocery stores don’t need to worry about your invented bug issue
Fun fact: With most stores, if you bring your own bags... You have to bag your own groceries!
This is my only real problem with the reusable bag thing. Some stores have no problem bagging your groceries into your own bags tho. Trader Joe's is always real cool about it. Super friendly cashiers at Trader Joe's.
@@rdean150
I have their reusable bags … bought them over 10 years ago. They’re excellent !!! And I bring them to Walmart, the cashiers there never have a problem using them instead
here another fun fact: in 2020 and 2021, some grocery stores near me did not allow customers to bring their reusable bags (due to COVID). So customers are left with 2 choices, buy or no bags.
@@shaggydawg5419 That's messed up
In my grocery the cashiers no longer bag unless I take too long (which I do bec of dexterity problems). They watch, sigh, and huff & puff until finally they throw my stuff into a big bag that I can't lift just to get rid of me so they can go on break.
I just use one of those heavy duty cardboard document boxes. I just throw it in the cart and fill it up. It’s heavy duty, has handles, and is actually much easier to carry into the house.
I use those Lotus Bags and I love them. A mother's day gift. I also use the Walmart blue bags too which are really cheap. I started using reusable because they are stronger and better insulators than plastic bags. It also takes me a minute more to put them back in my car after I'm done shopping. I don't see the big deal and it's better than putting plastic bags in landfills. Plastic doesn't break down like other materials.
@That V8 Life I have two pocket sized bags in my purse and I put the Lotus and Walmart bags the car I use to weekly shop in. My husband and kids have a couple pocket bags in their car's glove box. Pocket bags are cheap if you buy them in multiples. I bought some from Amazon for about $1 a piece a few years back. I found it worth the extra money. It saved me money and time in the long run because reusable bags don't break like the others did. No going back to the store after the spaghetti sauce jar broke for this gal.
Does anyone clean the reusable bags after each use and before storing them for the next use? You know because, covid and all. Doesn't the covid virus live on inanimate surfaces for up to 17hrs? Will all the reusable bags break down in the landfils. What about the lower income people in urban areas who don't own a car, must they carry 5 reusable bags to work with them all day, so they can shop after work (I usually keep several bags in each car trunk but not everyone is me ), and if they forget, do they purchase bags that eat into their grocery bill.
@@coolbreeze4576 In my state during the pandemic, they made the customer bag their own groceries if they wanted to use reusable bags. For exactly the same reason you stated. I wash my bags and air dry them but yes, there are some who don't. My daughter is a cashier and she said some are just gross. The begs my girls carry are small, easily the size of a plum when packed up and they're placed in their backpack. If you take the bus, these bags are easy to store. My kids make it a habit to put the bags back in their backpack just like putting the keys on the hook by the door. People just need to make it part of their routine and then it won't happen that often, plus stores do give away boxes in a pinch, just have to ask. Plus, I've seen people on the bus, back in the day, holding a food box from their local food pantry and it worked fine for them. I know it's a change but isn't less waste better? If everyone recycled plastic bags or we stayed with paper bags, which are biodegradable, we wouldn't be here.
@@juliabensonreazin7672 Just trying to understand here - a recyclable box is better than a recyclable paper bag how? or just that the box is on a second use and the consumer must use something used and nasty to take their items home in .... and what are the reusable bags made out of and what happens when they wear out? Who are we supporting who manufactured those bags - (ie, made in China by slaves?? or made in America?) It is a complicated issue I think ....
They can produce biodegradable bags if they want to.
The reusable bags are bigger and heavy. I can't lift them. Plus their handles rip off easily. Whole lot of waste. If I bring smaller bags to the store, the cashier complains that my bags are too small, although everything fits in them just fine.
Yup it took me a year to remember to grab my bags from the back seat of my car. Then have done the carry items out of the store without bags, used the carts to carry my load to my car then transfer to boxes ( Costco idea) in my back seat. I still forget my bags… and now it’s been 5 or more years. I love the idea of no plastic bags. You just gotta do what you gotta do. You find ways. I don’t steal baskets though!!! It’s not the store’s fault. They must abide by the law or they will get fined!!
"I think they're losing more money"
No, you're stealing. You're just trying to justify being a thief and blame the store. Just call it what it is stealing. Because these are the same people who will claim they are good people and don't break the law, when they do. It's stealing.
I often (usually) forget my bags in the car too. just take them to my car and bag them, or bag them when I get home and return the cart.
Enough of the out of touch control-freaks, already!
Saving the environment by taking away the plastic bags that you place all your plastic covered items in when you leave the store. Almost everything you purchase from cigarettes to meat is covered in plastic. They are saving millions by making you bring your own bags that you can purchase from them. I wonder when they will stop making soda and water in plastic bottles or cleaning supplies. Corporations don't think in terms of saving the environment but in saving themselves lots of money! It's all about the money!
No.
It's all about some dimwit leftist politicians forcing them to do this. Because then pathetic tyrants want nothing more than to tell people what to do.
Some stores have done this on their own. And that's fine.
But that's not what's going on here. It's the government banning plastic and paper bags.
People just want to complain. In the beginning I'd forget my reusable bags, but it's become a habit now to grab them before going into the store. And even if you forget them you can just put the stuff back into your cart and put the things into the bags once you get back to your car. See how easy that is?
Tag the baskets with rfid tags. So an alarm goes off at the exit. Cheap fix.
Costco doesn't have bags either but they keep empty boxes up at the register to use for the little stuff.
This happened near me (I live in Hudson Valley New York). The grocery stores near me no longer have shopping baskets or the smaller shopping carts. It’s ridiculous…
They should at least have paper bags on hand. Those can be recycled. Or they could sell plastic or paper bags for 10 cents each. Make some money off of those who forget their reusable bags.
That one guy is right, I have so many reusable bags because I kept having to buy them because I would unexpectedly need to go to the store and wouldn't have one on me.
No paper bag replacements unless they have HANDLES.
I've reused the "single use" plastic bags dozens of times. Pandemic many stores forced people into getting new bags rather than bringing in ones from home. I have a surplus of reusable "single use" bags. I am reusing those rather than the larger reusable ones. Turns out to be a bit more convenient and easier to store in the car.
@@erinsanderson7742 No need to be condescending on someone, it's the thought that counts. Most people don't know polyester and nylon in clothes are major polluters of plastic, but can you blame them for not knowing? There's a difference between negligence and ignorance.
Seriously we have bags for 8¢ in western WA.
@@erinsanderson7742 jeez man chill lol people are forgetful, in California we have to pay 10 cents for the plastic bags or they have paper also, it’s not that serious brotha 😂
It's a mindset one has to get used to. I carry my own hold-all shopping basket with me wherever I go. I have done that for years ever since the environmentalists have warned on the dangers of plastic in the environment & oceans.
Hang in there people you'll get used to it. In my country we banned the plastic bags 3years ago and still forget my bags sometimes lol
so whats the point of stealing the whole basket? are those people going to return someday and re-use it when they shop again risking getting caught if all baskets are removed so they can tell who took one? are the baskets being re-sold like idk if they got street value????
Are they even thinking about how many ppl have handled those baskets with their disgustingly filthy hands and they're potentially bringing that into their homes?? Ooh but I'm guessing hygiene isn't really too important these days.
You're asking the hard questions. Maybe you should've been the reporter here.
Lol, they aren't being resold. Reusable bags are super cheap so I don't know why anybody would willingly buy a more expensive and cumbersome basket instead of a bag. The answer is usually the simpilest. People either forgot to bring their bags or are pissy that they have to bring their own bags. So instead buying a new bag the checkout or using baskets to bring stuff to their car and return the basket immediately, they just steal the basket because they are crappy people.
Rumor is people steal things so they don't have to pay for something.
Check E-Bay - maybe there's a market for them. ;)
Why would you ban paper bags? Honestly
Some people do not understand trees are crops like wheat or corn. "Save a tree, don't use paper bags". Do they save corn by not buying high fructose corn syrup?
Grown people continuing to throw tantrums over simple measures taken to reduce plastic use. So sick of this BS
“Let them take what they want”- from one of the scumbag got interviewed on a news channel.
Just raised the price on everything to compensate for the thief.
To Tinh S: The bag situation is bad and sad, inviting shoplifting and hauling. I've seen videos of other stores being ransacked: Merchandise is placed in large laundry-type bags with the "Rambo" staff and security standing knock-knees and helpless.
@@eddyvideostar so before the ban, no one stole from stores? Very confusing justification…
@@paigeherrin29: Dear Paige: I know what you mean. You are correct. However, harken to the burgeoning scope of stuff stolen before the ban and in 2022: ----------------------------- The brazenness of single and en-masse teef, *creating shaky-knee syndrome for stipend security guards* bestowed upon the once-masculine solid *Rambo-types who psyche out the meek* -- but *shiver at the stakes* involved in the job of security, situated stoically and still like a demure mannequin.
The new motto: "Let them take it -- and keep your life."
First world problem whining and complaining 😂
I’ve been using reusable bags for decades now. So much easier to carry 2 big bags versus a bunch of flimsy plastic bags that won’t hold more than 1-2 items and rip easily.
honestly, ya. I still have dozens of plastic bags from the old days and I keep a dozen or so in a backpack in my car. So I can either take the backpack full and have extra bags if I need to.
I have a backpack I use every day but I have the one in my car as a spare. It's too easy to adjust. And my bags never break now. It's like people complaining about ppaper straws but never bothered to reuse the plastic ones either. Or buy their own plastic ones lol
I put everything in one of those huge, blue IKEA bags. Everything in one shot 🙂
Not everyone in this country has a 1st world lifestyle. Some have to walk home in the pouring rain and don't have a bag. Paper bags wouldn't work in this scenario.
I really don't give a f about environment but I use reusable bags because they are much more convenient than flimsy plastic bags as you said.
@@grumpybulldog19
Yep. I feel the same way
Bans on t-shirt bags are at best a "feel good" measure - the reusable bags are just as big a drain on the environment as they use MORE resources to produce and have limited lifespan. I have foldable box totes that are much more durable and useful, but few stores have these.
milk crates work as well
When people are putting their groceries back into the basket after they pay why isn’t the cashier asking any questions?
You want a minimum wage cashier to confront a potentially unstable customer over an $8 basket. Get real.
@@justrandomthings319 If a cashier sees someone stealing they are suppose to call security or the manager
To KBT Ken: You said that the customers are doing it right. So, the cashiers should question the law and the foolish rules.
@@kbtken Asking questions is different from telling a manager.
@@justrandomthings319 The cashier questioning the suspicious activity leads to their reporting it to their manager
It is not a consequence of the ban, it is a consequence of people being jerks.
FR I work at Grocery store and baskets disappeared
@@MisterAviation Me too bro, at my store they been stealin thousands of our reusable bags too so we have to hide them lol..
HI was the 1st state to start it. The stores started using starch based biodegradable bags. They are actually better quality than the flimsy regular plastic bags. The stores just don't want to buy them. Those usable bags are useless & add to pollution as well.
Well, how else are they supposed to take home their groceries? This, like every other “green” policy, was extremely short-sighted.
Buy another reusable bag. They’re only 1-2 dollars.
Not take the basket and never return it.
The entitlement mentality
No ….. covering the earth & filling the oceans with plastic bags because people are too lazy to develop the habit of bringing a bag from home (or the car) is incredibly short-sighted. Geez!
If they used to GIVE plastic bags why cant they GIVE you the cloth bags? This is not to save the environment, its to save them money and pass the expense onto the customer. I honestly hope people start taking shopping carts next.
Who do you think would bear the cost of the cloth bag?
You must one of the idiots who is taking the plastic baskets.
Lol! Lol! I’m sure people do steal the carts unless there are those locks on em! Lol!
The price of plastic bags is far less than the price of cloth.
Nobody is giving you anything. If they "gave" out those bags they would just charge more for everything in the store.
Running a business isn't a charity or some fantasy world.
They're doing it because the people of New Jersey voted for people that made this the law. That's why they're doing it.
To think that a business should just eat the cost and give out free cloth bags because the government made a law,. And not doing so shows all they care about is saving money... And in reaction to this you hope people STEAL more property from these businesses... Shows how deplorable you truly are.
Shows why so many businesses don't want to do business around people like you.
Shows why so many businesses in big major left this cities all over the country are closing up shop.
Because of deplorables like you.
Because cloth bags are way more expensive? That would also be terrible for the environement if cloth bags were just handed out constantly.
Just check your local homeless encampment. Plenty of shopping carts there
Just remove the handbaskets for a few months until people become accustomed to bringing their bags with them. It takes a while (I frequently forgot mine in my car), but I prefer the larger personal bags - fewer bags to carry, they don't rip apart. I found it helped to write a reminder on my shopping list and put them on the passenger seat when I went to the store.
The most ridiculous thing that has happened in CA with "plastic bag bans" is that all they did was make thicker plastic bags that are "reusable" So it solved literally nothing. All it did was make thicker plastic. Which is more plastic.
Exactly. And they charge for them so the stores are making money off them without actually doing anything to help the environment which was the whole purpose of the ban.
And we can reuse them 125 times right? Says on the bag?
I've been using the same two reusable grocery bags for about two years now, so it is is actually a lot less plastic.
Start charging these people with theft and locking them up for 60 days per offense. Once that happens a few times people will behave. QUIT SERVING THE CRIMINALS!!!!!!
Doesn’t the constitution have a ban on cruel and unusual punishment? Seems like that would fit the definition.
@grass hopper yeah lock everybody up for everything. What's wrong with these people.
@@MH-eu1dr Cruel and unusual? Its fucking theft? Follow the law and you wont have to worry about it. People like you are why are country is falling apart.
@@shivanj1 If you don't want too live in a crime ridden cesspool then strong laws and respect for the law is whats required.
Lol locking people up for stealing plastic baskets? Why not just shoot them on the spot? 😂
We still have plastic cups, lids, plastic signs, plastic almost everything. Not using plastic bags in NJ isn't saving the planet.
Okay. Banning paper bags, a totally biodegradable item, and replacing them with reusable bags, which will all end up lasting decades in landfills at some point, makes total sense.
Why the fuck would you throw out the plastic bags ? Just reuse them
paper bags illegal?
That's what I said ...
Not surprised, this is one of the most Jersey things I've ever seen 🤣
70% of the world's carbon emissions are produced by just 100 companies. banning individuals from using plastic bags is just a drop in the bucket. hold these corporations accountable for their global pollution if you really care about the environment!
Well done, Erin.
But then that will eat into profits. No can do.
Yes, because they're all oil companies.
@@davidwang6335 no they’re not all oil companies… lmao
I think you've got your environmental disasters mixed up. This is about addressing plastic pollution, not climate change.