I'm all for reducing plastic consumption

But isn't it kinda fked up a consumer can't even get a plastic bag after spending money at a store, meanwhile companies have NO restrictions on how much plastic (or any kind of packaging material) they can use for their products?

In a lot of cases, a bag is a lot more useful than packaging as well, and can actually be reused.

Why are these things being limited at the consumer level (when things are already produced) rather than the production level?

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FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M

Seems to me paper envelopes would be better recyclable if they'd remove those plastic windows. ♻️

caccoon · 36-40

@FloorGenAdm yeah I think it is done to eliminate an entire other process of printing on the envelope individually. Which makes sense to me. We can remove the windows (I do)

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@FloorGenAdm most of the companies that send bills these days don’t have the plastic windows in them.