So, how should I read this? Do the other countries use something else, sell everything already packaged or just use thicker plastic bags? You have to put your bread, vegetable and fruit in something…
As always, cringe Sweden
This is almost definitely outdated for Sweden. We now have a plastic bag tax and most people I see use reusable bags
In your country if you go to supermarket and buy 10 tomatoes how does that work? How do you package them?
In Finland you take small very thin plastic bag that shop offers, put 10 tomatoes in it and use selfservice scale to weight them. I think majority of those thin plastic bags used in Finland are from that.
In Greece plastic bags were free back in the day. People were placing different products in different bags just to avoid mixing/accidents and whatnot. 5-10 bags one trip to the SuperMarket. When the Government simply passed the bill for people to start paying for the bags/tax the usage fell vertically. And good quality reusable ones appeared. We can do better, though.
It’s crazy that I always thought that the nordic countries were the most developed in terms of sustainability but they are doing pretty bad here.
On the other hand, we are doing great!
Does this differentiate between plastic bags made from oil and ones made from sugarcanes?
The big difference is that in Finland pbags don’t end up in soil or water, they are either recycled or burned as energy.
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Sources:
“*Consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags by their wall thickness*”
https://landgeist.com/2022/09/28/plastic-bag-usage/
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ENV_WASPCB__custom_3210848/default/table?lang=en
So, how should I read this? Do the other countries use something else, sell everything already packaged or just use thicker plastic bags? You have to put your bread, vegetable and fruit in something…
As always, cringe Sweden
This is almost definitely outdated for Sweden. We now have a plastic bag tax and most people I see use reusable bags
In your country if you go to supermarket and buy 10 tomatoes how does that work? How do you package them?
In Finland you take small very thin plastic bag that shop offers, put 10 tomatoes in it and use selfservice scale to weight them. I think majority of those thin plastic bags used in Finland are from that.
In Greece plastic bags were free back in the day. People were placing different products in different bags just to avoid mixing/accidents and whatnot. 5-10 bags one trip to the SuperMarket. When the Government simply passed the bill for people to start paying for the bags/tax the usage fell vertically. And good quality reusable ones appeared. We can do better, though.
It’s crazy that I always thought that the nordic countries were the most developed in terms of sustainability but they are doing pretty bad here.
On the other hand, we are doing great!
Does this differentiate between plastic bags made from oil and ones made from sugarcanes?
The big difference is that in Finland pbags don’t end up in soil or water, they are either recycled or burned as energy.
This is from 2019, in case people missed that.
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