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What shopping bags do you use now? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So, with the demise of the 15c heavy-duty plastic bags, what's a good replacement?

I've been using them since they were introduced - the best thing about them is that if you carefully fold then roll them, they're amazingly compact, and you can fit like three in your back pocket, which is perfect when you don't have a car and want to grocery shop on your commute.

The cotton and paper ones are just too bulky to carry around with you like this. I've found some thin nylon-type ones, but they're pretty sad and small - has anyone found something that's thin, large and sturdy?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I have a bunch of old polyester ones like the green ones that Woolies used to have. They're great because they can be machine washed

Another related question - what do you people do for garbage bags now that we don't get free plastic bags? I've got a stash of old plastic bags but it's running low now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We get woolies deliveries every now and then, and they come with those inbetween bags - and when we're out of those (and random others), we fall back on bought ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I still get lots of plastic bags from my butcher so I use those if I need a durable bin liner. Otherwise, I just use the plastic bags colesworths provides for fruit n veg. Just grab more than you need off the roll.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We use rolls of (allegedly) biodegradable bin bags bought from Woollies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I buy these which are landfill biodegradable which is important because conditions in landfill under layers aren't conducive to things breaking down.