Paper Bags

..now who would want to take a photo of all these paper bags. They have taken the place of plastic bags which is excellent. I ordered a supermarket delivery for today and this normally last us for 4 weeks! Just a diary event!
Good to know: NZ had an event which caused multiple police teams arrive. They really were so good to watch while they organised the public and handled the shooter. Not good for him of course!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Paper bags v plastic= good ! but what about all those trees! A little while ago - the cry was to save the trees!!

[Casablanca]

@beryl I remember as a child being told we were killing the trees and should swap our paper shopping bags for plastic. Now they say we are killing the planet with plastic and should use paper! One extreme to the other. Oh for balance in the world!

[Joan Robillard]

You can get paper bags here in Maine put without handles and I guarantee they will rip either on you way to the car or into the house. I prefer my cloth bags.

[Carole Sandford]

Reusable bags are probably the way to go, but that’s difficult with deliveries. Last time I had a Tesco delivery everything was loose in their boxes & you had to unpack at the door! Then the driver is wanting to rush you because he only has so long at each delivery! I rarely do deliveries now.

[Diana]

What a great way to shop! I'd hate all the unpacking though 😉

[Maggiemae]

@ludwigsdiana But you have to unpack from bags still if you do the shopping yourself!!....

[Maggiemae]

@carole_sandford Its easy to unpack and this takes about 10 mins to go into the right places, Carole!

[Maggiemae]

@joansmor We have bags we can buy to transport our chosen food - they don't use plastic bags at the supermarket at all now!

[katy]

Using trees to make paper bags seems the smarter choice to me. Trees are a renewable resource. I am incredibly impressed with you if you can get all of that put away in only 10 minutes!

[Brian]

Your image and comments have resulted in interesting views about packaging of shopping items. Thanks for sharing.

[Linda Godwin]

I like the paper bags rather than plastic, but I do reuse them multiple times.

[Pat Knowles]

That’s a lot if bags & good to see no plastic! We all, or the majority of us use our own bags when we go shopping these days. If you forget you can buy a material reusable bag at the checkout. It seems like second nature to us now….what will you do with all those….put them in the cardboard recycling bin perhaps!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat They are piling up in the garage, Pat. John refolds them flat and they sit there waiting to be used for something. Can be burnt of course.

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn I like your comment - trees are a renewable source - forests have to be replanted after harvesting.

[Dawn]

A big shop nice the plastics have been removed

[Renee Salamon]

That’s a lot of bags! My shop came today in 3 (plastic) crates and the delivery man brought them into my kitchen which was really nice of him

[Rob Z]

We had a "defacto" ban on plastic bag use in supermarkets. But the stores have got around it to a large extent by selling "reusable" plastic bags. A lot of people do take their own material bags now though so that's a bit better. And, surely they make the paper bags from recycled paper?

[Annie D]

If they have recycled paper bags it would be great - trees are renewable but aren't always replanted - I use the reusable bags and if I do end up with plastic ones I reuse them. I couldn't shop for 4 weeks - I couldn't think ahead about what I might need or what I might want to eat hahaha

[Maggiemae]

@annied These bags if you need them at the supermarket cost $1.00. I have to admit I miss plastic bags because I use them for so many things!

[haskar]

Interesting shot and light. I hope you keep using these bags.

[Julie Duncan]

Almost like Christmas morning! Ha ha! There was a shooter near you?! So sorry to hear that.

[Bill]

Nice lighting.