I agree, the majority of people cannot be bothered to make an effort when the plastic bags are easily and FREE-ly available. Perhaps it would be an incentive if supermarkets started charging QR1/- per plastic bag. Even if it didn't encourage more people to bring their own bags, I am sure it would cut down the use of plastic bags, drastically! Sometimes I see people leaving grocery stores with 3-5, sometimes more plastics bags, most of which are half empty.
I am glad to see that there are some people who follow what they believe in, and do bring their bags and like Tracy says, you can even cut down on your fruit & vegetable plastic bags by simply sticking price tags onto your fruit/veg, or you can wheigh them all separately, put into one bag and then get all the pricetags on the same bag.
P.S. Later you can use these plastic bags as bin liners for small bins or think of other options to reuse them before you dispose of them.
I agree, the majority of people cannot be bothered to make an effort when the plastic bags are easily and FREE-ly available. Perhaps it would be an incentive if supermarkets started charging QR1/- per plastic bag. Even if it didn't encourage more people to bring their own bags, I am sure it would cut down the use of plastic bags, drastically! Sometimes I see people leaving grocery stores with 3-5, sometimes more plastics bags, most of which are half empty.
I am glad to see that there are some people who follow what they believe in, and do bring their bags and like Tracy says, you can even cut down on your fruit & vegetable plastic bags by simply sticking price tags onto your fruit/veg, or you can wheigh them all separately, put into one bag and then get all the pricetags on the same bag.
P.S. Later you can use these plastic bags as bin liners for small bins or think of other options to reuse them before you dispose of them.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle :)