Comments on: Japanese opinions regarding supermarket plastic bags http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/04/20/japanese-opinions-regarding-supermarket-plastic-bags/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:12:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Japanese and reusing check-out bags » 世論 What Japan Thinks http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/04/20/japanese-opinions-regarding-supermarket-plastic-bags/#comment-23883 Japanese and reusing check-out bags » 世論 What Japan Thinks Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:24:47 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/04/20/japanese-opinions-regarding-supermarket-plastic-bags/#comment-23883 [...] is a subject I’ve looked at before, but this survey takes an interesting look at what exactly people do with the bags once they get [...] […] is a subject I’ve looked at before, but this survey takes an interesting look at what exactly people do with the bags once they get […]

]]> By: Cakedollar http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/04/20/japanese-opinions-regarding-supermarket-plastic-bags/#comment-18358 Cakedollar Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:46:30 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/04/20/japanese-opinions-regarding-supermarket-plastic-bags/#comment-18358 Here in South Africa we've been having to pay for grocery bags for a while now. The price is very nominal (about 20-30 cents a bag), and the law was implemented in order to try aid recycling. I don't know how successful it's been (most seem fine to cough up the small charge each time), however I am aware of a growing trend to look after those bags and re-use them for shopping, collecting rubbish (though a lot of people have been doing that anyway) and carrying other things. Slowly, it seems, people are starting to value the bags now that they cost something. Several of the large supermarkets are offering canvas shopping bags (with the logo, etc all over it) for sale as an alternative, and those come in very handy as one of them lasts a very long time :) Here in South Africa we’ve been having to pay for grocery bags for a while now. The price is very nominal (about 20-30 cents a bag), and the law was implemented in order to try aid recycling. I don’t know how successful it’s been (most seem fine to cough up the small charge each time), however I am aware of a growing trend to look after those bags and re-use them for shopping, collecting rubbish (though a lot of people have been doing that anyway) and carrying other things. Slowly, it seems, people are starting to value the bags now that they cost something.

Several of the large supermarkets are offering canvas shopping bags (with the logo, etc all over it) for sale as an alternative, and those come in very handy as one of them lasts a very long time :)

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