Wonderful law. Now instead of reusing plastic bags to line waste baskets, pick up pet crap, etc. we get to buy bags for those purposes.
If you want a free insulated reususable bag, sign up to drive for Postmates and/or DoorDash. They send the bags for free. You don't have to actually do anything. #lifehack #cheapass
I mean I have actually used them to make some extra money, but I don't think it's likely that anything bad would happen if you didn't. Unless it's just the fact that they'd have your information. I don't really care about things like that myself.
Nothing wrong with using them to make money but giving them your personal information just to get some free bags seems risky to me. You hear about these companies being hacked all the time.
Fake news. Portlanders separate their trash into 3 bins, pay extra for it, then it all gets dumped at the landfill. Batteries are the most toxic, and abundant daily pollutant, both in production and disposal. Another reason electric vehicles are a really bad idea.
I'm getting through this cold Blazer season by burning plastic bags in the fireplace during games. I'm pretty happy.
They've been using plastic bags in Lake Oswego but I automatically ask for paper. I don't even have to think about it. It's automatic the way saying thank you to someone who holds the door open is automatic. I don't carry reusable bags. For one thing they're unsanitary. I'll pay the nickel for a paper bag. So far I haven't found a grocery store that charges a nickel for a paper bag. I double sack my groceries. I've had too many bags break and spill the contents all over the the street or my sidewalk as I entered my house.
I don't know where you shop but I haven't found a single grocery store in all of Portland that charges for paper bags. My bad, my wife, who does all the shopping, says several stores charge 10 cents per paper bag. She has been doing what Maris does and that's carrying the items by hand from the store to her car. Winco provides bags for free. I'm too disabled to shop myself so I will never have a problem with paying for bags. Luckily, Costco gives you a box to take everything to your car.
Lanny, the law went into effect January 1st. It requires grocers to get rid of plastic bags and to charge customers 5 cents for each paper bag the store has to provide. This is supposed to”train” shoppers to bring their own bags. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.or...ts-for-paper-grocery-bags.html?outputType=amp
The Zupan’s in Lake Grove has been charging a dime a bag for the past year. I believe Whole Foods also charges a fee. Some chains have been ahead of the curve for awhile...
I call bullshit. I happen to know an owner of one of the largest garbage collectors on the west side and they initiated a program years ago where they separated the garbage from the recyclables on site and then transferred it to the appropriate facilities as it was cheaper for disposal rates and many have since followed.
Although Multnomah County implemented the ban on plastic bags several years ago, you are correct that stores are now charging for using paper bags as I was at Winco on Jan. 1st and they charged a nickel for the bag. They had never charged before even though plastic bags were never an option.
Hmmm? That explains a lot. Kind of like the tweakers aka as paint sniffers that use to inhale spray can fumes to get high. Good luck with that.
Not all of Multnomah county--just the city of Portland. Stores in Gresham, Fairview, and Wood Village all had been providing plastic bags up until Wednesday.
I stand corrected. What gripes me is that it is mandated in the new law that a minimum of a nickel is charged for every paper bag used where as the Portland law that had been in effect didn't require that. I feel the cost should be put on the store rather than the customer.
Paper bags suck ass. At least the plastic ones I can reuse as trash bags in my car. Some groceries are just making plastic bags that are stronger (multiple use) and charging for them now.
Ah, the Oregon Bottle Bill. Another bit of useless social engineering. Instead of being able to put the cans in the recycling bin, as they do in most reasonable states, we get to pay 10 cents per can/bottle, collect them for a few months and then go down to joyous bottle recycling center to deal with the lines, broken down sorting machines and wasted time for $10.00 or so in refunds. I used to just say screw it and put them into the recycling anyway, but then the geniuses down at the Oregon Legislature decided that they weren't getting enough bottles and cans returned and doubled the deposit charge. I figure if I continue doing the smart thing and tossing them into the recycling, after a couple more legislative sessions it will cost a dollar a can in deposit charges.
