When you start paying for EACH plastic bag today... ...

[tobelightlight]

Saving the fucking planet.

 

[mojito]

Tiong Scarlett Mart already charging 10 cents for plastic bags for quite some time. The pretty ATB Tiong cashier will ask if you need plastic bag.

Not sure if it's 10 cents per plastic bag, or 10 cents for all the plastic bags of your purchase. If latter, NTUC Fuckprice definitely huat more.

Shrink the plastic bag to tapao size, can sell more$!

 

[borom]

Not happy,vote the PAP out unless you stay in Ridout Road or GCB, then vote PAP

 

[zhihau]

Many will just scan and throw inside trolley and bring the whole trolley home without plastic bags.

Bloody good idea! I’m gonna do just that!

 

[glockman]

Many will just scan and throw inside trolley and bring the whole trolley home without plastic bags.

I hope so! And they can use trolley tokens too, no need to use coins.

 

[jw5]

I asked for 2 plastic bags because I had 10 cents and did not want to take 1 plastic bag and get 5 cents change.

 

[ODACHEK]

I asked for 2 plastic bags because I had 10 cents and did not want to take 1 plastic bag and get 5 cents change.

For Seng Siong, the cashier decides how many plastic bags you need for your items.

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

Forum: Unpleasant consequences of supermarkets’ plastic bag charge​

AUG 18, 2023


The move by supermarkets to charge for plastic bags is leading to more unsanitary and unhygienic Housing Board estates and rubbish chutes.
In the Toa Payoh HDB estate where I live, unbagged waste is being thrown into rubbish chutes, leading to foul smells. Relatives who live in other estates have the same problem.
Supermarkets and their customers are also impacted by the plastic bag rule. Customers without their own bags and who do not want to pay for the bags can be seen walking home carrying bulky food items. Others resort to stuffing their pockets with the plastic bags meant for packing fresh produce.
At self-service checkout counters, other customers and cashiers have at times given me long, hard stares whenever I carry five to 10 plastic bags during my grocery shopping trips. Once at a supermarket, three cashiers in five minutes accused me of stealing eight plastic shopping bags that I had paid for. They apologised after I showed them my receipt.
Instead of making the world greener, the new plastic move is creating new problems. People are helping themselves to the bags meant for produce, while those who buy the bags are looked on with suspicion.
There is a better solution. Disposable, biodegradable bags made from corn starch and lactic acid have been available since the 1990s. They have much smaller carbon footprints than either plastic or even fabric bags.

Eric J. Brooks

 

[jw5]

Couple of unpleasant consequences:

1. People asking for 2 bags instead of 1 because they don't want to carry 5 cent coin around.

2. Lots of 5 cent coins circulating around.