Bag Fees

[KAPA]

I wouldn?t have a problem with this if it was the business deciding they wanted to do this, I would pay it if it was my favorite store but having the Government just create a new tax boils my blood. Curious if we?d have this new law if it was on the ballot itself. Methinks no way in hell!

I got to experience this today and quickly figured out that the produce bags are exempt from the law so I grabbed a few dozen of those, you know some things need to be double bagged and the produce bags are a bit weak, and made my way home like that.

I usually use these bags again for random things, lunch bag, trash bags in bathrooms, picking up dog poop but I think I?ll save them and let them loose in Denver on a windy day next time I?m up there. Call me an ass but that?s my form of protest.

[KAPA]

Oh and by the way, this whole thing was to reduce plastic pollution, ok I get that but why are recyclable paper bags included?

Proof it’s a money grab by the blue state legislature.

[eddiememphis]

Only for a year. Then they are banned outright.

[Eric P]

Only for a year. Then they are banned outright.

Walmart has already removed all bags.

[electronman1729]

I wouldn?t have a problem with this if it was the business deciding they wanted to do this, I would pay it if it was my favorite store but having the Government just create a new tax boils my blood. Curious if we?d have this new law if it was on the ballot itself. Methinks no way in hell!

I got to experience this today and quickly figured out that the produce bags are exempt from the law so I grabbed a few dozen of those, you know some things need to be double bagged and the produce bags are a bit weak, and made my way home like that.

I usually use these bags again for random things, lunch bag, trash bags in bathrooms, picking up dog poop but I think I?ll save them and let them loose in Denver on a windy day next time I?m up there. Call me an ass but that?s my form of protest.

Just go through self check out and hit "0" when cashing out. You are paying a "fee" and not purchasing the bags.

[gnihcraes]

Walmart has already removed all bags.

Yep and it was a cluster today. You have no bags to place items in as you scan them. So every register was 100 times slower as we had to fiddle with our purchased reusable bags to load goods as we scanned them.

We bought 10 of their bags, but only scanned/purchased 5 of them in reality as the girlfriend was pissed and just scanned a few and filled them.

[Hummer]

So, who doesn't reuse the plastic grocery bags for kitchen trash bags and other trash containers?

I think the vast majority of people do use them for that, but eliminating them forces people to purchase trash bags that contain more plastic and at a much higher cost. Isn't this universally understood, and isn't the ban on grocery bags just costly virtue signaling?

My wife usually uses her array of cloth bags depending where she shops, but someone has to acquire bags for kitchen trash. I've actually stashed hundreds of these over the years but I have the luxury of storage space. Prepping.

[mahabali]

This is so dumb. I cannot remember to bring a bag and this stupid law has been in place for a year in Fort Collins.

[Martinjmpr]

Wonder what I'm going to put dog poop in, especially now that we have another dog? I exclusively use KS grocery bags.

[kidicarus13]

Between January 1, 2023, and January 1, 2024, a store may furnish a recycled paper carryout bag or a single-use plastic carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale if the customer pays a fee of 10 cents per bag or a higher fee adopted by the municipality or county in which the store is located. On and after January 1, 2024, a store may furnish only a recycled paper carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale at a fee of 10 cents per bag or a higher fee imposed by the municipality or county in which the store is located.