Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2312737)

Totally agree. If I went there I'd make a statement by bringing my plastic bags from Publix.
I also get all my statements, bills and correspondence by e-mail, except for one. That business did not ask to go paperless because of convenience or because it was saving money. It was to "reduce their carbon footprint"---the perfect phrase for me to continue to get paper from them until I die. And this business is not stupid---they're simply catering to the stupid people who think the global warming sky is falling.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2312737)

Totally agree. If I went there I'd make a statement by bringing my plastic bags from Publix.
I also get all my statements, bills and correspondence by e-mail, except for one. That business did not ask to go paperless because of convenience or because it was saving money. It was to "reduce their carbon footprint"---the perfect phrase for me to continue to get paper from them until I die. And this business is not stupid---they're simply catering to the stupid people who think the global warming sky is falling.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2312740)

I do believe the business that want to go paperless are doing it to save money. Less printing to be done and savings on paper.

Why should they pay the cost of printing statements when they can email and let their customer print them out.

Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2312743)

They are catering to people who have serious digestive issues and allergies. Bags are an afterthought

Originally Posted by Ponygirl (Post 2312762)

I love Sprouts. It is worth the trip and it is the only store in and near the Villages that has some foods that I buy

I certainly don’t need to bring plastic bags into my house that are found later in waterways and on streets I carry many reusable bags in my car. I find it ridiculous when I see the number of plastic bags that some people use in one shopping trip at some stores. Absurd

And I much prefer self check out.

Really love the store Easy in and easy out from the road

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2312490)

Because I don't live very close, I always bring a thermal bag when I go to Sprouts or Fresh Market. Aldi's charges for bags too, they always did. You also have to have a quarter available to get a shopping cart (you get it back when you return the cart to the corral). No one ever made a fuss about Aldi charging for bags, UNTIL other stores started doing it as a way to reduce plastic waste.

Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com (Post 2312498)

Recently I read something about California’s ban on plastic bags not doing what they promised it would do. Shocker. And what happens to the money people pay for plastic bags?

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2312800)

Well, people can start getting ready to complain about California requiring all new car sales to be ELECTRIC by 2035.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2312799)

Plastic bags and bottles are ending up in the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean and hurting the vanishing living CORAL.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2312800)

Well, people can start getting ready to complain about California requiring all new car sales to be ELECTRIC by 2035.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2312733)

You are free to bring reusable bags to any store, and to do whatever you want to improve the environment. Charging 10 cents for a bag is not about the money. But, a lot of people are turned off by those who want to force other people's behavior. The Sprouts policy to charge for bags is just a stupid idea that is costing them business because a lot of people resent being told what to do. If they actually wanted to reduce the amount of plastic, why do they package most of their products in plastic?

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2312814)

I think that thin plastic bags are more likely to be blown around and end up in a lake or the ocean than the foam plastic food containers which are heavier. I wonder which would deteriorate faster paper of plastic bags.