I am surprised! I rather expected more forethought from hippy types.
We are creatures of habit way more than of reason.
It seems we really are. I guess that's why we have to make something habit before we do it regularly. It took me a while to get into the habit of bringing my own bags, but now I keep some fold up ones in my handbag for unplanned purchases.
In England, one of the supermarkets had a reward points system and you got extra rewards for every one of your own bags you used. I think it cost 10p for one of their plastic bags and when it got too worn to keep using you could swap it for a new one and they'd recycle the old one. It was a clever ploy, really, because it won over a particular customer base, but still kept the ones who would rather just pay than bring their own. My daughter went back there recently and most places have stopped using plastic straws too.
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Yeah, some stores here will give you 5¢ per bag you bring to reuse. When I worked at that store, there was an option to take the credit or donate it to charity (usually something local like a school). I think Whole Foods started doing that when they bought out the stores I worked at, but I don't know if they still do. And now Whole Foods is owned by Amazon.
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