Tesco Lotus To Drop Disposable Plastic Bags Next Week

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — While all malls and grocery chain stores will stop offering disposable plastic bags for one day next week, one of the nation’s biggest retailers is taking it a step further.

 

Starting Dec. 4, Tesco Lotus will replace the plastic bags it offers customers with paper at all of its roughly 2,000 stores. The store will also encourage customers to bring their own cloth bags.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2018/11/26/tesco-lotus-to-drop-disposable-plastic-bags-next-week/

 

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Step in right direction.

It's about time.

Good news, let us hope more follow. I will, however, make one small point if I may. When I go to Lotus in Market Village Hua Hin I take a big bag with me that I keep in the truck. It is folded up, and I place it in the child seat of the trolley. I have been asked by security on a number of occasions that I have to check the bag into the depository ( for want of a better word ), where I get a token. Then retrieve it on my way out. When I explain it is empty, and folded up I am met with a blank look. So.....I pay for my shopping, go back to the entrance, collect my canvas bag, transfer my shopping from the plastic bags to the canvas bag, leave the plastic bags in the trolley and walk out..........

1 minute ago, AhFarangJa said:

Good news, let us hope more follow. I will, however, make one small point if I may. When I go to Lotus in Market Village Hua Hin I take a big bag with me that I keep in the truck. It is folded up, and I place it in the child seat of the trolley. I have been asked by security on a number of occasions that I have to check the bag into the depository ( for want of a better word ), where I get a token. Then retrieve it on my way out. When I explain it is empty, and folded up I am met with a blank look. So.....I pay for my shopping, go back to the entrance, collect my canvas bag, transfer my shopping from the plastic bags to the canvas bag, leave the plastic bags in the trolley and walk out..........

I understand your point but taking them home might ensure that they get disposed of properly. 

3 minutes ago, Snow Leopard said:

I understand your point but taking them home might ensure that they get disposed of properly. 

Completely agree with you S.L. I did it in front of the security man just to prove a point. I know, I was being pedantic, but hey, when you get to my age we have to take advantage of every opportunity to get a laugh.... ...As an aside the wife brings 7 / 11 bags back by the dozen , and we use them for the litter bin.

6 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Completely agree with you S.L. I did it in front of the security man just to prove a point. I know, I was being pedantic, but hey, when you get to my age we have to take advantage of every opportunity to get a laugh.... ...As an aside the wife brings 7 / 11 bags back by the dozen , and we use them for the litter bin.

I use mine for the bins as well. No need to buy additional plastic bags to put more plastic rubbish in. I never take plastic bags or straws either from 7/11 for a cold drink. Utter waste. 

about time, makro have been doing it for some time and its a bit of a pain every now and again when i forget the large ikea bags we normally carry around for the occasion but car foot wells to the rescue

 

7/11 next please!

And if I, like many others, do not go to Tesco on that particular day.......no change. Do Macro do it one day per week or every day?

 

Sorry, did not read it properly. So ALL Tesco's wil use paper bags EVERY DAY. Yoko will be pleased!

Wow , I would never think it would happen here.

It will be interesting to observe Thai customers when they are refused "free" plastic bags. 

 

If this will REALLY happen, they should be applauded.

I need to see it first...and see it for longer than 2 months.

 

6 minutes ago, Snow Leopard said:

I use mine for the bins as well. No need to buy additional plastic bags to put more plastic rubbish in. I never take plastic bags or straws either from 7/11 for a cold drink. Utter waste. 

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I guess, like in our house, your house may be likened to this cartoon as well ...................

 

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Starting Dec. 4, Tesco Lotus will replace the plastic bags it offers customers with paper at all of its roughly 2,000 stores.

I wonder if the paper bags they hand out will be free? 

5 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

And if I, like many others, do not go to Tesco on that particular day.......no change. Do Macro do it one day per week or every day?

Makro never have bags at any stores. Only the large re-usable ones you can purchase. 

There will be a lot of customers caught out by this.

 

I expect they will just take their fully-laden trolleys home with them...

30 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Do Macro do it one day per week or every day?

They never give you a bag. Bring your own or take the stuff in the trolley to your car/mc.

1 minute ago, SimonD said:

There will be a lot of customers caught out by this.

 

I expect they will just take their fully-laden trolleys home with them...

I was told once that the reason Makro have so many security guards wandering around the car park is for that exact reason. These trolleys run at about $150 a time, and the guards are there to stop people loading them into the backs of pick ups with the shopping. Don't know if it is true, but I can see the logic...

I can remember 40 odd years ago, all supermarkets in Australia used to put your groceries in a large brown paper bag.

Of course we don't want to cut down forests either. and recycled paper wouldn't be enough for the demand. so this is going in cycles, we don't want plastic, but then we don't want to cut down trees either, there's a fortune to be made if someone can come up with a suitable alternative.

Let's hope frozen products don't fall through the bottom.

4 minutes ago, SimonD said:

There will be a lot of customers caught out by this.

 

Won't take long before there is a social media clip of a cashier getting slapped by an upset customer because there aren't any free bags.

The real problem is the street vedors ,but my family are thrilled to see this step forward

5 minutes ago, blinkers said:

I can remember 40 odd years ago, all supermarkets in Australia used to put your groceries in a large brown paper bag.

Of course we don't want to cut down forests either. and recycled paper wouldn't be enough for the demand. so this is going in cycles, we don't want plastic, but then we don't want to cut down trees either, there's a fortune to be made if someone can come up with a suitable alternative.

Here's one:

 

6 minutes ago, teacherofwoe said:

Let's hope frozen products don't fall through the bottom.

Are we talking about before or after they've been consumed?

11 minutes ago, teacherofwoe said:

Let's hope frozen products don't fall through the bottom.

Yes anything that's been refrigerated will sweat in the outside heat...the bag will get wet

your cold beer,milk,butter and frozen peas fall on the floor...????  especially bad when dangling from  motorbike handlebars at 60++ KPH

29 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

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I guess, like in our house, your house may be likened to this cartoon as well ...................

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, AhFarangJa said:

Good news, let us hope more follow. I will, however, make one small point if I may. When I go to Lotus in Market Village Hua Hin I take a big bag with me that I keep in the truck. It is folded up, and I place it in the child seat of the trolley. I have been asked by security on a number of occasions that I have to check the bag into the depository ( for want of a better word ), where I get a token. Then retrieve it on my way out. When I explain it is empty, and folded up I am met with a blank look. So.....I pay for my shopping, go back to the entrance, collect my canvas bag, transfer my shopping from the plastic bags to the canvas bag, leave the plastic bags in the trolley and walk out..........

 

Unfortunately they're going to be thrown in the trash by the janitor and/or the cart/trolley wrangler.

 

That's what I've always observed happening.

 

You're trying to do the right thing but its not working due to their system.

Perhaps speaking to the manager and showing him the article about Tesco will solve it.

21 minutes ago, blinkers said:

recycled paper wouldn't be enough for the demand

Actually there is plenty. More paper is being produced than ever in history.

 

51 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Makro never have bags at any stores. Only the large re-usable ones you can purchase. 

Obviously you don't buy meat or vegetables at Makro!

Why not plainly ask for home delivery ?

1 hour ago, Snow Leopard said:

I use mine for the bins as well. No need to buy additional plastic bags to put more plastic rubbish in. I never take plastic bags or straws either from 7/11 for a cold drink. Utter waste. 

Now you can use paper bags for your rubbish, even better