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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Bags made of recycled paper are less strong and break down easier with moisture than virgin paper. Not ideal when you are using them to transport anything that is moist/damp.
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Sobeys rolled out bags that use 30% less plastic last year, and they have recycling bins at their stores:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/princ...bags-1.4566891
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Stores also have bins where customers are encouraged to recycle their bags. Those will be sent back to the bag manufacturer, Inteplast, in New Brunswick to make new bags and other plastic products.
Sobeys said this will take some pressure off waste managers, who have been struggling to find markets for this plastic waste.
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So, customers who use their bags have the option of re-using them as garbage bags (as many, or most, people do), thereby negating the necessity of buying heavier purpose-made single-use garbage bags... or, taking them back to the store to have them recycled.
Seems to me to be a reasonable way to handle the situation - bags that use less plastic and are recycled in the Maritimes (not shipped overseas for recycling - though I believe China stopped accepting them a while back). Sounds like Sobeys did the work to improve the situation while satisfying customer needs - meanwhile HRM is just doing some knee-jerk reaction to the calls of the activists, without actually doing any research or putting any thought into it. In other words, just doing what is popular in hoping that it makes them look good so they will hopefully be reelected.
BTW, I was at my local Sobeys last night and I saw what appeared to be stacks of paper bags under the counter, so I'm not sure if they are planning to phase those in or perhaps give them as an option??