Supermarket plastic bags used to be pretty substantial (like trash bags). Nowadays they are like tissue paper. Why the change? The clerks usually have to end up double or even triple-bagging, so where's the savings?
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Well, if a person needs to carry light weighted object so he may take only one! Money saved!
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As of next month we won't even have checkout bags. They're being completely banned.I'd say the new bags you have may be the biodegradable ones?
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When I worked in a supermarket we were shown a film explaining how the bags were being made with less material, yet were just as strong. It wasn't difficult for us to sort out the actual truth of the matter. These bags were a lot weaker and you could see that they weren't as thick. It was supposed to make the company look a bit more environmentally friendly, and also to save money. It worked great if you weren't buying heavy items. But when you bought lots of canned food and other weighty items, it often became necessary to double bag them. But in the end, I believe that they probably used a lot less material. Even if 1 out of 3 bags was 'double-bagged', I still think there was less plastic being used in the end.
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