http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/08/bags-bags-everywhere/ A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:35 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/08/bags-bags-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-8462 dimaks Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:47:56 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/08/bags-bags-everywhere/#comment-8462 from what i see around Tsukuba, I think Japan uses a lot of plastics -- bags, wrappers and PET bottles. from what i see around Tsukuba, I think Japan uses a lot of plastics — bags, wrappers and PET bottles.

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/08/bags-bags-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-8448 Shaney Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:33:21 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/08/bags-bags-everywhere/#comment-8448 I think I remember reading somewhere that in some country (maybe in Europe?) people get charged for the amount of garbage that they throw out, so that makes consumers shun excess packaging. If companies put too much packaging on things -- like wrapping cookies individually -- the consumers will unwrap them and leave the excess packaging for the grocery store to throw out. This means that the consumers put pressure on the grocery stores to sell goods that are not overly packaged and the grocery stores put pressure on the their suppliers not to use too much packaging. Maybe it's time for Japan to consider a garbage tax... Is there any other way to stop the insane packaging and superfluous bagging? I think I remember reading somewhere that in some country (maybe in Europe?) people get charged for the amount of garbage that they throw out, so that makes consumers shun excess packaging. If companies put too much packaging on things — like wrapping cookies individually — the consumers will unwrap them and leave the excess packaging for the grocery store to throw out. This means that the consumers put pressure on the grocery stores to sell goods that are not overly packaged and the grocery stores put pressure on the their suppliers not to use too much packaging. Maybe it’s time for Japan to consider a garbage tax… Is there any other way to stop the insane packaging and superfluous bagging?

]]> http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/08/bags-bags-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-8441 Simon Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:20:56 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/2007/08/bags-bags-everywhere/#comment-8441 some countries charge for plastic bags (estonia did if i recall correctly) and i think that would be great! or fine the companies who sell the products for littering, i think we would see some changes pretty quickly as a result of that. some countries charge for plastic bags (estonia did if i recall correctly) and i think that would be great! or fine the companies who sell the products for littering, i think we would see some changes pretty quickly as a result of that.

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