i have just read in migros magazine that veggie bags are being sold in zurich. when can we expect them in all other regions? this is a great idea!!!
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Guest
Hello
I had a look around and found out that the China eco-cheat bag is available in different sizes. The one that comes closest to the Raschelsäckli seems to weigh 28 grams. :-)
Greetings from the Migi piglet
Guest
...[Four Chinese bags are sold for CHF 9.90]... \0/ The main thing is that it says Vegi!
;-)
Seems very unnecessary to me. I prefer to use the "normal" plastic bags and try to reuse them as often as possible. And the jute or cotton bag is always with me.
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It's really not difficult to crochet a shopping net or have one crocheted. http://www.smarticular.net/selbstgehaekeltes-einkaufsnetz-klein-in-der-tasche-gross-im-einkauf/ You can make wonderfully colorful ones with leftover yarn. I have several, plus a third of a used clear plastic folder for the labels. Why do you always have to buy something, upcycling is environmentally friendly and fun.
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@jungtürkin \0/ - Of course it's not hard! 28g is it! It's not about the shopping bag to carry the shopping home, but about the packaging in the store for open fresh produce. Typical pseudo-green marketing gugus. Here in our organized waste management system, these little bags are hardly a problem. The situation is different in developing countries without comparable waste management systems. That's where the problem lies!
So please don't make such a big fuss about our luxury problem! There are more important problems that need to be solved!
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REWE consistently relies on reusable carrier bags and shopping cartons made from environmentally friendly materials such as GOTS cotton, FSC-certified paper or recycled PET.
Link: REWE abolishes the plastic bag - WENIGER HILFT MEER
Guest
Sad but unfortunately true. Migros still hasn't understood what environmental protection means. They sell plastic bags that last longer than the previous ones, but are also made of plastic. I have a suggestion for the next Generation-M promise
We promise Heidi that we will do away with plastic packaging and bags by the end of 2017.
@Tanja, please ask
Guest
Hello
Here in our organized waste management system, these little bags are hardly a problem.
That's right, our plastic bags don't end up in the sea either, at least hardly any of them. Nevertheless, we could do without plastic from fossil sources in many areas and use compostable or biodegradable bioplastics instead.
that we eliminate plastic packaging and bags by the end of 2017
We can no longer do without plastics entirely. Just think of the many cleaning products and refill bags or dairy products such as yogurt or mozzarella. Organic plastics would be a better solution, but such a step is too big for Migros. They can't even take back the yoghurt pots they sell themselves. Migros doesn't care that much about our environment to take its responsibility if it doesn't earn anything from it. Let others, such as consumers, bear the investment for the future.
But if customers spend CHF 9.90 on the eco-cheat bags, then Migros is at the forefront of selling it to them. After all, it earns money first from the sale and then every time the (stupid) customers reuse the eco-bag. :-)
Migros seems to live by the motto:
Environmental protection is out of the question,
unless we earn something from it!
Greetings from the yellow Migi piglet
I assume that the plastic packaging and bags referred more to shopping bags, transport containers, etc. It's probably obvious to everyone that you can't do without plastic.
Guest
Hello
It would certainly be possible to pack the vast majority of the entire product range without fossil plastic. However, conventional plastic is particularly suitable for heavy-duty and durable transport containers. I have been using the same Metro folding boxes for almost two decades and there is still nothing better than plastic. You can't kill them, they're worth every Deutschmark I paid for them back then.
For shopping bags, there's nothing better than the good old paper bag. There's plenty of room inside, it's sturdy, costs nothing, can be folded up almost to the size of a trouser pocket and if it gets dirty, it can simply be thrown away. Migros used to have small free paper bags behind the checkout where you could put your shopping. These would also be very suitable for the fruit and vegetable department and could certainly be made from glassine. This would also make them transparent, at least enough for the cashier to see that the contents match the weighing label. But this sensible solution would cost Migros something, which is why it is definitely out of the question.
One thing is certain, however, and that is that the Chinese dizzy bag will not make the existing raschel bags obsolete as long as it costs the customer something.
But Migros could provide differently colored Chinese bags in the fruit and vegetable department instead of the raschel bags and charge a deposit for the bag. With a Migros deposit bag, the cashier would also have to scan the EAN code of the bag after the weighing label for the goods so that the deposit is charged and the bag weight is deducted from the previously scanned kilo of goods. Then the thin raschel bags could disappear completely and the scales could remain tared to 0.000 kg as before.
In any case, I have no interest in having to pay several times for Chinese cheat bags as long as I can get the same goods much cheaper in a free raschel bag.
Greetings from the yellow Migi piglet