I didn't know stores in the US started charging money for plastic bags

So we have Aldi, a grocery store and I think you have to bring your own bags or boxes for the items you buy. Last time I was at Giant and walmart, your items were placed into plastic bags no problem.

Yesterday I went to Petco to buy reptile bulbs. So the cashier rings me up, I paid, and then..... like nothing. And I said, could I get those in a bag please? The cashier responds, OH, bags are 10 cents. Oh here, give her a dollar and got back 90 cents in change. Then the cashier says, yea walmart is going to be doing this real soon too.

As far as I know I didn't react like out of the ordinary about it, but I feel like the cashier was bothered by me asking for a bag, so the cashier says, oh yeah walmart is going to be doing this real soon too. I just went, ohhh. Then I said, good thing Dollar General is 3 minutes from home, I don't see them doing it any time soon, and the cashier just kinda chuckled.

Have you heard anything about walmart/giant or any other type of store charging for plastic bags recently?

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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

Thats the law here in OZ. Single use plastics are banned.. Everyone brings there own or pays 10c plus for a reusable bag.😷

twiigss · M

@whowasthatmaskedman What about soda's? Are they in plastic bottles or aluminum cans? If single use plastics are banned, then I would imagine you can't have a Pepsi or a Coke that comes in a plastic bottle?

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@twiigss To clarify.. Single use plastic bags .... The cans and plastci drink bottles are still a recycling problem..😷

twiigss · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Yea, my thinking is that rule would apply to drink bottles as well but guess not.

Adrift · 61-69, F

@twiigss Nothing tastes better than a cold soda from a glass bottle in the hot summer. We used to return the bottles and get money back to buy candy.