So I will post about being green! Kinda.

About a year and a half ago, my sister and I walked into Watsons because she wanted some lip gloss crap while we were in Taiwan. After she paid, the cashier left the lip gloss on the counter. My sister stood there, a bit confused and stared at the cashier. Likewise, the cashier did the same. For what felt like way too long, the cashier realized that were standing there because we were waiting until she put the lip gloss in a plastic bag.

“We don’t offer plastic bags for free anymore. They now cost [25 cents USD] if you want a bag,” said the cashier.

This was the same throughout much of Taiwan, and I imagine many other places around the world. And I wonder why it isn’t more common. It seems like a perfect solution to be “greener”.

Simply:

• It is better for the consumer, store, environment, THE WORLD because we would all be using fewer bags, fewer plastic. SUPER GREAT FOR THE PLANET
• Better for the store because there’s no need to spend money on buying these plastic bags. I imagine large chains could save millions a year just by doing this.
• Paying for plastic bags I think is enough to make people bring their own bags when grocery shopping. And if priced right, if you just stop into a supermarket and need a plastic bag, it’s not the end of the world

I don’t really see any reason not to start charging for plastic bags. Well, maybe I do. It’d be supremely inconvenient for consumers, but for places like super markets where your purpose of going is to buy groceries, it won’t be hard to bring a couple of canvas bags with you.