Guest Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Just a heads up to those that just visit Oregon. They passed this law recently that makes all the Oregon Grocery stores have no plastic bags and has them charge for paper bags. https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/04/oregon-house-approves-ban-on-plastic-checkout-bags.html Went into effect on the first of this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 And plastic straws will be next. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Just like Seattle and Bellingham... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarbicus Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 And Kirkland. We have been without plastic bags for a couple of years now and the world has failed to end. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 I find it funny how many people are excited to find that when they stop at the convenient grocery store coming to my place (in Ferndale) they get those plastic bags! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 8 hours ago, VonVilkee said: Just like Seattle and Bellingham... Tacoma also has no plastic bags or straws... or maybe the companies decided to get rid of straws before it actually became a law... Who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 The no plastic has been practiced for quite a while now. I don't remember the last time I had a plastic bag in oregon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Portland was no plastic first, but it was just portland. Now it's everywhere. But the big change is my local store now charges 5cents per paper bag. I'm not sure if the bag cost is uniform. It hurts when living on a limited income. Like when they raised despoit to 10cents, increased the number of things with deposit, and simotaneously made it very difficult to return cans without a car. Nickeled and dimed to death.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 I spent $100 at the store yesterday morning for DnD food, and bagged it all in plastic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, InfestedKerrigan said: I spent $100 at the store yesterday morning for DnD food, and bagged it all in plastic. Was is a grocery store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 WinCo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, InfestedKerrigan said: WinCo Which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 41 minutes ago, paxmiles said: Which one? The only one in Rogue Valley. Someone came from Target with plastic bags, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 there is also this thing called re-usable bags. I think the benefit far outweighs the cost. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said: there is also this thing called re-usable bags. I think the benefit far outweighs the cost. Yeah. I hadn't used an actual grocery bag in years even before the time that law showed up here. Even if not a purpose-made reusable grocery bag, a backpack or similar can do just fine. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 I use the grocery bags as garbage bags. I haven't purchased garbage bags in almost 6 years. I only have to take the garbage can to the curb every other week with the amount of space saved in the can, as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 18 minutes ago, InfestedKerrigan said: I use the grocery bags as garbage bags. I haven't purchased garbage bags in almost 6 years. I only have to take the garbage can to the curb every other week with the amount of space saved in the can, as well. Studies have shown this to be common and cut down on the purchase of heavier density plastic garbage bags. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 16 minutes ago, Raindog said: Studies have shown this to be common and cut down on the purchase of heavier density plastic garbage bags. Are you suggesting that Big Oil is the reason for grocery bag bans so as to recoup the lost profits from people being frugal and wise? 😂😄 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 It's a mixed issue. Thinner bags tear more easily, and pieces from them or whole bags are carried farther by the wind, so they're more of a problem when it comes to the effects on wildlife and such. I don't have enough data to do a cost/benefit comparison, but I do know it's not a one-sided issue. Also, plastic bags are actually better than paper bags if they both end up in a landfill. Pretty much nothing biodegrades in there on any reasonable timescale, so the fact that the plastic bag takes up less space becomes a bigger factor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 I can't believe I've lost you I can't believe you've gone I need you to know that you did nothing wrong the first time I saw you just hanging there the checkout lady said "do you want to buy one of these?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Maybe I'll double bag my double bags to stock up on garbage bags. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said: Are you suggesting that Big Oil is the reason for grocery bag bans so as to recoup the lost profits from people being frugal and wise? 😂😄 My wife explained the pros and cons to me. I am just relaying her reliable information. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 In the Portland area you are begging hard to have no excuse for not having re-usable shopping bags. There's been SO many free bag drives that you have no excuse not to have picked some up. That's how I've grocery shopped for the last 2 decades... really easy... but then screws you for garbage bags 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 So looks like I've got this one wrong. It's only Hillsboro that changed, not Oregon. I misunderstood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 16 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said: I use the grocery bags as garbage bags. I haven't purchased garbage bags in almost 6 years. I only have to take the garbage can to the curb every other week with the amount of space saved in the can, as well. We have a dumpster. Wouldn't even put trash in bags at all, but apartment building has a rule that they must be in actual garbage bags. 16 hours ago, Brother Glacius said: there is also this thing called re-usable bags. I think the benefit far outweighs the cost. Plastic bags ARE re-useable. And a fair number of the so-called "re-usuable bags" are made with plastic....And since "re-usuable bags" are in heavy circulation, in a number of years, it's those bags that will be in the landfills because we have too many. As for costs, the main thing here is that bags used to come with the product, now we buy them seperately. That's a cost increase, or rather a decrease in product/service purchased. Even if you were in the boat that declined their bags and brought your own, it's still a service that the store is no longer offering and you aren't getting anything to replace it. That's a loss for you, the consumer. Dunno, it's like if they charged you a rental fee for use of a bottle opener when you bought a beer. Even if it was only a nickel, it's a charge for something that used to be free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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