Shopping bag

This article is about the physical object. For the Canadian television series, see The Shopping Bags.
An example of a single-use paper shopping bag.

Shopping bags are medium-sized bags, typically around 10–20 litres (2.5–5 gallons) in volume (though much larger versions exist, especially for non-grocery shopping), that are often used by grocery shoppers to carry home their purchases. They can be single-use (disposable), used for other purposes (storage, can liners, etc.) or designed as reusable shopping bags.

Types

Types and typical use of shopping bags vary by country:

In an effort to reduce plastic bag use, the city of Toronto requires retailers to charge a minimum CA$0.05 fee for each plastic bag; prompted by the plastic bag charge in Toronto, many national retailers have imposed similar fees on plastic bags in their outlets in other parts of Canada. All of the profits derived from the $0.05 fee go directly to the retailer.[3][4]

References

  1. "Irish bag tax hailed success". BBC News. 2002-08-20. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  2. Barbaro (December 16, 2007). "Never Mind Whats In Them, the Bags are Fashion". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  3. "Toronto's new plastic retail shopping bag bylaw now in effect". City of Toronto. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  4. "Retailers can keep fees for plastic bags". National Post. 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
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