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can you imagine an American grocery chain standing up to their vendors? (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by oakey66@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The difference between European countries and America is becoming so stark. Anyone reading or watching global news has to see how backwards this country is and that it’s only getting worse.

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[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Around here it's unthinkable to go to the store without your own bags. Depending on my load I take a backpack, folding boxes of the same set of cloth bags that I've been using for 8 years. It's rare to se people buy a reusable plastic bag these days.

[-] Zippy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The sales in the supermarkets say different. Are you watching how many are sold each day?

UK households in average are using 57 a year. Someone is buying them.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/world/reusable-grocery-bags-cotton-plastic-scn/index.html

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

In 2018. Times have changed since then. The store that I frequent just doesn't sell bags anymore, not even reusable. They sell a foldable cartboerd box if you really need something to carry your groceries. Most people who shop there use foldable crates. Those who don't come by car use backpacks or those old lady shopping trolleys.

[-] Zippy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That is probably even worse. Cardboard is rarely recycled and also has a large environmental footprint. The stats are really saying otherwise particularly the profits the supermarket chains are making on this policy.

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I just looked up the numbers for Belgium (where I live). A quick search so I only found some old data. Of the cardboard that is collected nearly 78% got recycled in 2012. I bet the figures are higher these days.