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sojusucks
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 Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:37 am Post subject: Bring your own bags to stores starting in October |
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http://asiancorrespondent.com/korea-beat/big-stores-to-stop-handing-out-plastic-bags#comments
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The original Korean article is here. From what I have heard a similar policy wound up working out very well in Ireland. My wife and I always bring reusable bags to the store and find them more convenient anyway.
Beginning in October five large stores - E-Mart, Lotte Mart, Home Plus, Hanaro Club, and Mega Mart - will cease selling disposable plastic bags, so consumers must come prepared with their own bags.
The Ministry of Environment (환경부) announced on the 25th it had reached an agreement with the five stores not to sell disposable plastic bags in order to reduce their numbers.
Accordingly, the 350 locations of those five stores will cease selling disposable plastic bags beginning in October.
The stores and the Ministry have pledged to publicize the policy early and in various ways in order to minimize discontent among consumers.
Reusable bags will be sold at the locations and can be used as large shopping bags or as garbage bags, and will come in ten, twenty, and thirty liter sizes.
The reusuable bags will be thick and of high durability with handles, making them easy to carry, but their price will be similar to standard garbage bags.
Each store that does not have disposable bags will cease offering discounts to customers who bring their own bags.
Last year each citizen used an average of 320 disposable plastic bags, or 16 billion in total, which is unfortunate, but over 20 years most have been removed by incineration or placement in a landfill.
A Ministry official said, "the five stores with which we have an agreement account for 150 million disposable plastic bags... we expect this agreement will reduce CO2 emissions by over 6,390 tons and reduce household expenditures by about 7.5 billion won per year."
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recklesscognition1
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| Great! I'm married to a Korean and she thinks we'll look like poor people by bringing my reusable bags to the store. This new agreement really is necessary, otherwise Koreans would just keep buying bags just to look richer than the other people at the store. I haven't used a plastic bag in 3 years, and it is hard to convince people in Korea that you don't want one. I'm really happy they've started this. Next needs to be paris baguette, who tries to wrap each piece of bread in at least 3 layers of plastic. |
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waynehead
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Location: Jongno
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| Ugh. I'm all for trying to cut down on using plastic/recycling/whatever, but I guess this means I won't be able to go shopping w/o planning beforehand to bring my bag along...or I'm going to have to carry my reusable bag with me all the time. Why not just double or triple the price of plastic bags? |
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ChilgokBlackHole
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:32 am Post subject: |
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| waynehead wrote: |
| Ugh. I'm all for trying to cut down on using plastic/recycling/whatever, but I guess this means I won't be able to go shopping w/o planning beforehand to bring my bag along...or I'm going to have to carry my reusable bag with me all the time. Why not just double or triple the price of plastic bags? |
Let me help.
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| Reusable bags will be sold at the locations |
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Globutron
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| Next needs to be paris baguette, who tries to wrap each piece of bread in at least 3 layers of plastic. |
Aye it would cut down my waiting time. I often buy like... a piece of bread. I'll be standing there for roughly 9 hours watching them wrap it up and twist it round etc. I want to eat it right now, just put it in my hand. |
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interestedinhanguk
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| The unplanned trips will be a pain. I can see myself with 87 re-usable bags in my apartment that I bought for 2,000 won or whatever each. |
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sheriffadam
Joined: 10 May 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:12 am Post subject: |
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| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
| The unplanned trips will be a pain. I can see myself with 87 re-usable bags in my apartment that I bought for 2,000 won or whatever each. |
It's a making money scheme under the false advertising of 'save the planet' |
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laguna
Joined: 27 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| sheriffadam wrote: |
| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
| The unplanned trips will be a pain. I can see myself with 87 re-usable bags in my apartment that I bought for 2,000 won or whatever each. |
It's a making money scheme under the false advertising of 'save the planet' |
Exactly
Wait for the first big rain after this happens for the backlash |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| laguna wrote: |
| sheriffadam wrote: |
| interestedinhanguk wrote: |
| The unplanned trips will be a pain. I can see myself with 87 re-usable bags in my apartment that I bought for 2,000 won or whatever each. |
It's a making money scheme under the false advertising of 'save the planet' |
Exactly
Wait for the first big rain after this happens for the backlash |
It is no different in England. They started replacing everything with paper bags instead, and making people pay for bags or buy reusable ones for a little more.
Many supermarkets also had giant... tubes that stand up and have a hole in that you take your truck loads of plaggy bags to and shove them in to get moral reward for recycling. |
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madoka
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| I'm glad this is happening and hope the U.S. would follow suit. We overuse bags all the time in a shameful manner. Do we really need a plastic bag to carry one small item 100 feet to the car? I generally refuse bags if I can carry the items and recycle all the bags that I do get. |
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laguna
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| I'm glad this is happening and hope the U.S. would follow suit. We overuse bags all the time in a shameful manner. Do we really need a plastic bag to carry one small item 100 feet to the car? I generally refuse bags if I can carry the items and recycle all the bags that I do get. |
Really? because I tend to use my plastic bags a few times, then as trash bags.
You really think washing reusable bags is better? With all that electricity and water used? |
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madoka
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Really? because I tend to use my plastic bags a few times, then as trash bags.
You really think washing reusable bags is better? With all that electricity and water used? |
Sure, if you are going to use the bags, fine. But I've seen people get their pack of gum bagged. I've frequently seen people take their item out of the bag as soon as they exit the store and toss the bag in the trash bin outside the store. And you don't wash bags all that frequently and they are just tossed in with the rest of the laundry.
Don't get me started on the idiots that pull out 50-75 paper towels to dry their hands in public restrooms. |
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Jarome_Turner
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A plastic bag ban just went into effect where I live today (Fort McMurray, Canada). They were talking about it on the radio today; apparently we're the second municipality in NA to ban single-use bags, the other being San Francisco.
I think overall it's a good idea, will just take some getting used to. |
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crossmr
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| guys most of the reusable bags fold up to a very small size. It isn't that hard. If you need to, keep one in your bag that you use to take all your material to and from school if you teach. At least in the winter you could probably keep one in the chest pocket of your winter jacket if it has one. |
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balzor
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Bring your own bags to stores starting in October |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
http://asiancorrespondent.com/korea-beat/big-stores-to-stop-handing-out-plastic-bags#comments
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The original Korean article is here. From what I have heard a similar policy wound up working out very well in Ireland. My wife and I always bring reusable bags to the store and find them more convenient anyway.
Beginning in October five large stores - E-Mart, Lotte Mart, Home Plus, Hanaro Club, and Mega Mart - will cease selling disposable plastic bags, so consumers must come prepared with their own bags.
The Ministry of Environment (환경부) announced on the 25th it had reached an agreement with the five stores not to sell disposable plastic bags in order to reduce their numbers.
Accordingly, the 350 locations of those five stores will cease selling disposable plastic bags beginning in October.
The stores and the Ministry have pledged to publicize the policy early and in various ways in order to minimize discontent among consumers.
Reusable bags will be sold at the locations and can be used as large shopping bags or as garbage bags, and will come in ten, twenty, and thirty liter sizes.
The reusuable bags will be thick and of high durability with handles, making them easy to carry, but their price will be similar to standard garbage bags.
Each store that does not have disposable bags will cease offering discounts to customers who bring their own bags.
Last year each citizen used an average of 320 disposable plastic bags, or 16 billion in total, which is unfortunate, but over 20 years most have been removed by incineration or placement in a landfill.
A Ministry official said, "the five stores with which we have an agreement account for 150 million disposable plastic bags... we expect this agreement will reduce CO2 emissions by over 6,390 tons and reduce household expenditures by about 7.5 billion won per year."
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This sucks, I use those big Homeplus bags as my trash bags since the can hang by the handle. need to start buying a lot of stuff and save em up |
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