Bag Fees

[00tec]

Do I need to smuggle in wally world bags next time I'm in CO?

[funkymonkey1111]

i noticed at King Soopers today at the self checkout you were asked to enter how many bags you used.

At Wal-Mart (at least the one on Arapahoe Rd) there are no bags at all at the self check out.

[thebolt]

I asked at Walmart and learned they will no longer have bags for customer carry out. I guess that is one way to avoid the argument from customers having to pay for bags.

[Joe_K]

We shop a decent amount at Costco and Natural Grocers, and growing up in Ohio we shopped at ALDIS, none offer free bags, ALDIS would sell you a reusable IKEA style bag. Most times we?d just load up the cart, push it to the vehicle and load it directly in.

The one thing all 3 of these stores do right is to offer free boxes to use to load things in if you choose to, sometimes we do, a lot of times we don?t.

The free bags are handy for smaller trash cans but with the amount of holes in the formerly free bags from most stores they don?t work great for that, Murdochs and Target come to mind for exceptions to that rule, as their bags are sturdy.

For dog poop I grab a few extra from the trails in the area when I remember to, or I will use small ziplock bags, or grocery bags that don?t have holes in them.

Seems like a pretty dumb, yet typical government response to an invented problem.

[.455_Hunter]

I asked at Walmart and learned they will no longer have bags for customer carry out. I guess that is one way to avoid the argument from customers having to pay for bags.

The Walmarts in NJ have no plastic or paper bags, but will sell you reusable ones.

[Fentonite]

I?m just gonna order these.

https://www.amazon.com/Tashibox-hand...d_i=B09VBGQPCW

[Erni]

Yeah this is dumb. A reusable bag is equivalent to 100 disposable bags. Odd of you forgetting to bring a bag are greater than 1 percent. So this will be a net increase in plastic use.

For dog stuff just order a giant pack of doggie bags on Amazon or equivalent. With Soopers bags full of holes I got tired of trying to find a solid bag or double bagging to avoid the brownouts.

[buffalobo]

I?m just gonna order these.

https://www.amazon.com/Tashibox-hand...d_i=B09VBGQPCW

Good tip, ordered a box for Mrs bo.

This law/tax is utterly stupid.

[theGinsue]

Interesting that they claim this is about protecting the environment but they aren't targeting single-use plastic water bottles which, according to my research, use a bit more plastic than a bag and Americans use at least 1/4 of the amount of water bottles that they do plastic bags (but the plastic water bottles are thicker and require longer to break down - accounting for more landfill space).

They went after bags because they could and because they could get $$ from it easily (local governments get 50% of the fees charged for the bags).

Section 25-17-505(3)(d), C.R.S., requires that stores remit the carryout bag fee to the finance department or division or equivalent agency of the municipality within which the store is located. If the store is not located within a municipality, the carryout bag fee must be remitted to the finance department or division or equivalent agency of the county in which the store is located.

Also interesting how these are "fees" and not taxes as taxes would have had to have been voter approved. Until such time (if it ever happens) that CO can regain a (truly) Conservative majority in state legislature, we have no way to stop the obvious TABOR run-around this state uses to impose more taxation on its peasants, er...citizens.

Do I need to smuggle in wally world bags next time I'm in CO?

That'd work. Mrs. Ginsue and I have been saving our bags for years to use for bathroom trash can bag, etc. My plan is to take my Target bags to use at WalMart and vice versa.

I?m just gonna order these.

https://www.amazon.com/Tashibox-hand...d_i=B09VBGQPCW

Yeah, I ordered some like that about 6 months ago (in case the sellers were prohibited from selling them to CO residents like they do with standard capacity magazines). I need to order about 3 more boxes.

About 2 months ago I ordered 1k of doggy poop bags (I don't have a dog, but my son and daughter bring their dogs to my house on family dinner night, wanted to have bags available for them to pick up the poop).

[KAPA]

I?m just gonna order these.

https://www.amazon.com/Tashibox-hand...d_i=B09VBGQPCW

My math shows that’s a nickel for each bag as opposed to a dime that goes to Democrats here in Colorado. Easy Decision there!