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Claire
20 yrs ago
Your donation goes to Oxfam.
And it's only the first Tuesday of the month.
And why don't you take your own bag and pack to yourself?
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People in HK are used to getting everything in separate bags and are used to not keeping a small bag with them when they know it's possible they will need to buy something. People demand a bag for one item, even a pack of gum. People need to change their habits and do a bit of planning, HK's landfills only have another 10 years.
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If only you knew, City, if only you knew...
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I invariably rcycled my grocery bags to take out the garbage but now that they're so un-PC I've had to purchase plastic garbage bags! Ironic, that.
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mango2 - maybe they do not take up all the room in the landfills.... but they do take up room and they are non biodegradeable thus do not help the environment any - so use one for your leaking tray of chicken and use a re usable fold up carry bag $10 from City Super - and make the world a better place!
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I do hate to throw away cans eg. coke 7up etc. as a result I have a rather large pile of them now - does anyone know where I can take them or who would collect them so that they can be recycled? or someone who could make some money out of them make use of them?
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TC
20 yrs ago
...and further to mango2's comment it is common practice in most supermarkets around the world (not just in HK) for the different types of purchases to be placed into separate bags. Putting the argument for less bags to one side that practice is just common sense.
Sam the man,
Have you had a good look around where you live? Our place has a number of locations where there are 4 separate bins - for paper, aluminium cans, plastic bottles etc & general rubbish. And yet I still see plastic bottles & cans thrown into the paper or general rubbish bin. I think people either just don't care if it means making a little bit of effort.
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There always plastic bags - it's just one day a month you need to pay for them. Big deal.
Of course the plastic bag/landfill/rubbish bags argument is sensible, but it's more about raising awareness and it's an easy way to get people's attention, so it's worth doing. But what I would like to know is how much plastic is used each day/week/month in wrapping entire MTR stations in plastic adverts. When did this start? How much $ does the MTRC donate to charity to make up for this shocking environmental abuse (as I know they haven't lowered fares)? Presumably they make a lot from this advertising...
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Fenman, My bin is tall so the supermarket bags are not suitable for us - I buy biodegradable bin liners from the supermarket and always take my own shopping bags with me and as I often pop into a supermarket on the off chance... I have a fold up bag with me.
TC - unfortunately there are no recycling bins where I live - they have been requested. I often see people on the streets going through bins for tin cans so wondered if I could pass mine on so someone could make some money from them. I still have them piling up! Any suggestions welcome.
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thank you for the advice, however I have only seen these people by the MTR etc which are not near my home. It would just be my luck to park a bag of tin cans next to a bin and get a littering fine. Thanks anyway.
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Almost three years on and now this no plastic bag thing is being enforced. I had always preferred to use them as my rubbish bags. But in a way I feel that the stores that jumped on this band wagon basically want to save money. The major two grocery stores are using up more and more plastic wrapping up fruits and vegetables, which I really despise. Especially when opening them up a day or two latter to find hiding bruised or ruined produce. This practice should be stopped, plus now I have to spend my hard earned monies to purchase rubbish bags to put this freshly bought rubbish into.
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"If you have ever had a leaking tray of chicken thrown in with the rest of your shopping, only then you will understand why people request separate plastic bags."
Meat and fish, ok. But for the rest, I really don't need a separate bag.
I have a backpack and a cooler bag. Works fine if you plan your shopping so you don't have too much.
For the trash bags, I buy separate. The grocery store bags are just not good enough, leaking more often then not. Annoying, but what can you do?
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What I hate are those little plastic bags that are good for nothing. I'd much rather get the large size plastic bag as these invariably get recycled as my garbage liner. Without these I'll end up buying more plastic bin liners. HK is a busy city and sometimes it is not convenient to have a bag with one at all times. Not all of us
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"What I hate are those little plastic bags that are good for nothing. I'd much rather get the large size plastic bag as these invariably get recycled as my garbage liner."
Quite. In Sweden the shops have charged for plastic bags for as long as I can remember. But the bags are quite sturdy and thick. A world of difference from the local flimsy ones. They are perfect for bin liners.
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JoDV
17 yrs ago
My local Welcome in midlevels are enforcing no plastic bag everyday and their strategy is to make the customer feel like the most unenvironmentally friendly person if you "forget" to bring bags. And say things like "this is the last time we'll give you a bag!". If PnS are still just doing it once a month, it would make me feel like I want to change shops. I think people should have a choice. At the end of a hard day when we're just hungry and trudge to the shops to figure out what to cook, we don't need to be made to feel bad for getting a stupid bag after all the other pressures in our lives...
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