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RE: Natural Medicine and Ecotrain Unite: 🚂 The Alternative Consumer Challenge!
People like to complain if they don't get their disposables, but they get used to it once it's normalized. Like we have a grocer, Vitamin Cottage (aka "Natural Grocers") - they offer NO BAGS AT ALL - not paper OR plastic - and instead they put all their product boxes that the goods get delivered to the store in up front and if people forget their bags, they can take a box. Reuse! While I'm sure they've had a bitchy customer or two, I've never seen anyone have a meltdown or it stop the flow of a checkout line from people complaining. The customers just got used to it. Now imagine if all stores did that?
we have a natural grocers too, and I love how they offer boxes, I use them a lot. I also appreciate their plastic bulk bags that have the zip so you can re-use them. They don't use them all the time.. I have a good friend starting a plasticlessplanet bizness education and promoting alternatives to plastics.. I have interest in learning how we can bridge the big companies with alternatives world wide.. Big Mission on to do list!!
People freaked out to when they couldn't get a bag in our county, without being charged 5Cents at least that's how they do it here. Now if a store or biz gives away plastic bags people be like WHAT and reporting them LOL! Sounds funny... bag police HA. People figure it out.
My dad was that guy, who took 20 plastic bags to get his weekly groceries. A couple summers ago I was visiting the folks and couldn't believe it. We debated it out. Didn't take much, I just went and got some cool cloth bags I put in both of their cars. My mother couldn't believe it, now he never takes them. All about the habits. As a matter of fact, that's what I'm gonna go hunt for today is a cool UofO fridge grocery bag to send him for Father's Day!
I haven't seen a zipper bag in their "bulk" section (that's been my one complaint about them, is that they pre-portion their bulk into little plastic baggies... )! Maybe that's new. I haven't shopped in their bulk in a while, since I usually just take my jars and flour sacks to Sprouts for bulk. :)
HA I believe it about the bag police, but at least they are being anal about a good cause. XD
The cooler bags are nice when you ride the bus like me. If I'm just strolling to the stores that are close I don't usually bother, but when I know it's going to take a while to commute, I do. Mine is from Wild Oats, where I used to work, and which got bought out by Whole Foods years ago. I also have a VC/NG bag that actually says "Vitamin Cottage" instead of "Natural Grocers" and is canvas (which I don't think they have canvas ones anymore?). The last time I used it there, the cashier was like "OH YOU'RE A LONG TIME BAG REUSER!" lol
Ireland paved the way, in the early 90's I traveled there and they were charging for bags then, and had the least amount of trash and garbage in their country really helps.
That's awesome!!
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