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Reading article "Ikea Charges For Plastic Bags" - Reply to this / 3 comment(s)
From March 15, 2007, Ikea will charge a nickel per bag, proceeds of which will go to American Forests.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/ikea_us... 

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  1. Re: Ikea Charges For Plastic Bags by RoxyMoron, 190 days ago

    Very good idea. If more stores did that I'm sure there'd be less people using plastic. Paper bags are better and more sturdy, and can be used in a variety of ways, ie crafts and my mom uses them to make very tender turkey.

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  2. Re: Ikea Charges For Plastic Bags by ecosrights, 190 days ago

    The thing that gets me is I remember, as a kid, all shops charging for plastic bags. It was as much as 5p 25 years ago. Then some places did two qualities - throw away that were free and thicker ones you bought. This was viewed as good customer service. Then the thicker ones went (or were made free)... only in the last 6 or 7 years have most supermarkets reintroduced "bags for life" which you have to buy.

    I really think that charging for bags is a positive idea - get rid of the free ones and charge for them all to make people think twice about taking them.

    We tried having our shopping delivered by a supermarket a few months ago - never again simply because of the number of bags. There was a separate one for each department even if there was only one item in the bag! I couldn't believe it (and that was a place that is encouraging reuse...)

    I'd much prefer paper bags - our cat used to love playing it them!

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  3. Re: Ikea Charges For Plastic Bags by EviesEarth, 188 days ago

    This is a great idea. I just read last week that in San Francisco (California) they are banning all plastic bags, only paper. It is a good start.
    We do re-use our plastic bags though.

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