Starting today in Italy you have to buy a bag every time you shop

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Starting today in Italy you have to buy a bag every time you shop Anonymous 01/01/18 (Mon) 08:32:48 No.73582

This is an example of what happens when you have cronies and no tools for effective physical removal. Starting today:

>by law you can't bring a bag from home to put your groceries in, you are forced to buy one in the supermarket when you pay

>also each bag for fruits must be purchased each time separately (because they need to weight what you buy)

>supermarket owners can't give away bags for free (but we know that nothing is free)

>the company that lobbied for this law has 80% of the market and owners and managers are friends with Renzi and the Partito Democratico. Estimated earning for this operation 400 millions euro per year

I hate this country.

Anonymous 01/01/18 (Mon) 09:07:13 No.73583

that's fucked up

Anonymous 01/01/18 (Mon) 09:54:01 No.73586

Are people protesting it or something?

Anonymous 01/01/18 (Mon) 20:00:01 No.73618

>>73582

You just described what it's like living in Russia in a nutshell.

Anonymous 01/02/18 (Tue) 03:10:36 No.73629

Isn't that just what Aldi has done for years over in Yurop?

>take out remainder bags from kitchen cabinet

>if own a car, stash 2-4 bags under car seats

>bring a bag when you need to shop

neat law, now they just need to actually transplant that for countries that are literally drowning in plastic bags (India, Nigeria, China).

Anonymous 01/02/18 (Tue) 10:16:36 No.73638

>>73629

China actually has several laws regarding plastic bags that dictate the allowed thickness of the bags and the number of bags that can be given away. There are a lot of weird laws with regard to environmental protection even down the minimum and maximum temperatures that businesses, schools, and government buildings can set on their AC.

It's actually insanely not neat.

Anonymous 01/02/18 (Tue) 10:26:57 No.73639

>>73582

>>supermarket owners can't give away bags for free (but we know that nothing is free)

In Romania it's called the "Eco Tax". Basically before 2009 supermarket bags were free, but now they have to tax you a small amount of money for that plastic bag, because plastic is bad for the environment, thankfully you can bring your own bag, and he tax was made in order to encourage people to bring their own bags, which has worked for some people(the bags are so cheap, some people just don't care about the price and use the bags at home for other things).

Anonymous 01/02/18 (Tue) 22:15:29 No.73665

>>73639

it's not the same thing, we already had this shit.

In this case they don't give you plastic bags, but a bag made with a material that basically only a company called Novamont produces, and Novamont's managers and owners are friends of the Italian left (Partito Democratico, Renzi, etc).

Also you can't bring your own bags.