We break down your plastic-bag alternatives: The greenest option may surprise you

There are questions about the options being used to replace the ubiquitous plastic bag — and about the impact Canada’s ban will have.

Source: We break down your plastic-bag alternatives: The greenest option may surprise you

Some points from the article…

“Grocery stores were made responsible for creating a closed-loop system, installing bins in the front of stores to collect the bags and ensuring they are recycled. The cost is born by consumers who are charged $0.10 a bag.”

“The chain is trying to create a circular economy for its reusable bags, running a pilot at its Guelph store where it has installed a “GOATOTE” kiosk. Customers can check out clean reusable bags for a fee, and return them within a month, after which they are cleaned, sanitized and put back into circulation in the kiosk.”

Also that while we need to do things to reduce our plastic consumption, recall that Canadians are pretty good at this already.