"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:14:01 -0500, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>>On 3/2/2015 11:32 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
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>>>> Of course, it would be nice if I'd bring a couple of reusable
>>>> bags to cut down on the quantity I use. I'm off and on with that.
>>>
>>> Do you have to pay for them?
>>
>>Not where I live, no. Plastic or paper are still free.
>>Some stores give you money for each reusable bag you bring,
>>so in a sense, getting a store bag costs you.
>
> Here the stores give paper or plastic, no charge... they'd have a hard
> time charging since each is printed with their advertising, having to
> pay for their advertising adds insult to injury. I reuse the plastic
> bags; cat litter. Since I don't get nearly enough from shopping I
> buy those bags in cartons of 1,000 for about $9 at BJs... I double and
> triple the bags, I don't need the bottom to drop out.

It is not the shops choice to charge for those bags, it is a government
thing to cut down on plastic.

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