7-11 and Plastic bags...What about the Turtles and Global Warming?

[Ralf001]

15 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

 

 

 

Profits over turtles.....

 

As it should be with all bussinesses.

[jcmj]

They still charge you at many places, including 7-11. They just don’t ask or tell anymore. 

[Oink]

I like free plastic bags as they get recycled into my garbage bags. Saves me having to go to the supermarket to buy single use plastic garbage bags to put in my bin.

But I am sure the supermarkets world wide are happy for customers pay for them instead.

 

[josephbloggs]

On 3/11/2025 at 6:09 PM, redwood1 said:

Form the first day 7-11 opened in Thailand till 2020...Any purchase you made was automatically put into a plastic bag...

 

From 2020 to 2021 in 7-11........We absolutely can not give out plastic bag any more because we love Turtles and we are fighting Global Warming.....

 

From 2021 to 2022 in 7-11....We still love Turtles and we are still fighting Global Warming.......But if you beg and pay extra we might give you a plastic bag....

 

From 2022 to 2023 in 7-11.....We still love Turtles and we are still fighting Global Warming....But if you ask we will give you a plastic bag.....And heck about 50% of the time we will not charge you extra...

 

From 2023 to 2024 in 7-11......The whole issue of Turtles and Global Warming is up in the air.......But about 50% of the time we will give you a plastic bag without you asking..

 

From 2025 in 7-11.......We dont give a Rats-Azz about Turtles or Global Warming any more.... And we will automatically give you a plastic bag almost 100% of the time without you asking........Same as before..........lol 

 

 

 

They stopped giving out plastic bags when the government ban came in - as did Lotus, Tops, Villa, Makro Big C etc. After about a year of development they brought in the current bags which are sturdier than the old ones and supposed to be reused (but no-one reuses them). They are also made from 100% recycled plastic from waste products (eg plastic wrapping during goods transportation). So they have actually done some good by investing in that and trying to remove some plastic from circulation (even if they are then bringing it back in to circulation). You can actually feel the difference in quality over what they used before (which didn't use any recycled plastics).

 

https://scgnewschannel.com/en/scg-news/scg-chemicals-partners-with-7-eleven-to-introduce-reusable-durable-bag-made-from-post-consumer-plastic-emphasizing-closed-loop-recycling-model-to-save-the-environment/

[Liverpool Lou]

On 3/11/2025 at 6:09 PM, redwood1 said:

Form the first day 7-11 opened in Thailand till 2020...Any purchase you made was automatically put into a plastic bag...

 

From 2020 to 2021 in 7-11........We absolutely can not give out plastic bag any more because we love Turtles and we are fighting Global Warming.....

 

From 2021 to 2022 in 7-11....We still love Turtles and we are still fighting Global Warming.......But if you beg and pay extra we might give you a plastic bag....

 

From 2022 to 2023 in 7-11.....We still love Turtles and we are still fighting Global Warming....But if you ask we will give you a plastic bag.....And heck about 50% of the time we will not charge you extra...

 

From 2023 to 2024 in 7-11......The whole issue of Turtles and Global Warming is up in the air.......But about 50% of the time we will give you a plastic bag without you asking..

 

From 2025 in 7-11.......We dont give a Rats-Azz about Turtles or Global Warming any more.... And we will automatically give you a plastic bag almost 100% of the time without you asking........Same as before..........lol 

Ultimately, a sane decision, the original decree was forced upon them.  It's not just 7-Eleven, no need to pick on them.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 3/11/2025 at 7:09 PM, johng said:

 Why don't you turn it back to oil first then burn it in a gas guzzling  pickup truck 😋

What transportation do you use to get around?

[Liverpool Lou]

On 3/12/2025 at 1:53 PM, Purdey said:

While I have been using the same plastic bag for at least five years, I still get surprised when anyone says that 7-Eleven gives free plastic bags away. 7-11 does not manufacture plastic bags. The plastic bags for 7-Eleven are manufactured by Naraipak, a major plastic bag producer in Thailand. So why do people think the bags are free? Because they don't notice the price is added to the goods that 7-Eleven sells.

Interestingly, when they went through a phase of not handing out bags, the price of their products did not go down accordingly.

7-Eleven never claimed that it supplied free bags so there was never any need to adjust their prices.   

[Liverpool Lou]

23 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Yes the hard core plastic bag ban was for 7-8-9 months to a year.....

There was never a mandated ban, it was always just an agreement by retailers to appease the whingers.

[Liverpool Lou]

22 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I don't know if the staff at 7/11 like it when I pull out my Tops bag, 

They don't give a toss.

[FritsSikkink]

On 3/12/2025 at 1:53 PM, Purdey said:

While I have been using the same plastic bag for at least five years, I still get surprised when anyone says that 7-Eleven gives free plastic bags away. 7-11 does not manufacture plastic bags. The plastic bags for 7-Eleven are manufactured by Naraipak, a major plastic bag producer in Thailand. So why do people think the bags are free? Because they don't notice the price is added to the goods that 7-Eleven sells.

Interestingly, when they went through a phase of not handing out bags, the price of their products did not go down accordingly.

Thanks a lot for paying for my bags.

I use them as bin bags afterwards.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, JimHuaHin said:

CraP .. 7-11 does not care about the environment, only profits.

No different from every other for-profit business.

[FritsSikkink]

On 3/12/2025 at 1:53 PM, Caldera said:

 

It's not like they force their plastic bags on you though. You can easily take your own reusable bag to 7/11 and use that instead. That's what I've been doing since they made a (meek) attempt to get rid of plastic bags some years ago.

I let 7/11 deliver and they give me loads of bags and straws.

[Liverpool Lou]

33 minutes ago, jcmj said:

They still charge you at many places, including 7-11. They just don’t ask or tell anymore. 

Just came back from a 7-Eleven with two large bags, they were not charged for.

[Liverpool Lou]

27 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

They stopped giving out plastic bags when the government ban came in

There was never a government ban on shops providing plastic bags, if there had been, customers would not have been able to pay for them on request.

[johng]

36 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What transportation do you use to get around?

 

Mostly anything that is gas guzzling... the occasional electrified train

sometimes a bicycle but the carbon emissions from me puffing and blowing must be high 😋

[Ralf001]

On 3/11/2025 at 7:09 PM, johng said:

 Why don't you turn it back to oil first then burn it in a gas guzzling  pickup truck 😋

 

Gas guzzling pickups a few and far between in LOS.... far better just to burn the bags or fed em to the turtles.

[spidermike007]

A change in consciousness must start at the most basic level. Most Thais think plastic is the best thing ever invented, and the percentage of Thais that even consider the negative ramifications of plastic is incredibly small. This requires some education. I always do two things to avoid the consumption of plastic.

 

1. I bring re-usable bags with me every time I go shopping. I use the larger shopping bags I buy in the US, which are made of recycled materials. Most of the clerks have to be dealt with. Even when they see my bag, they still start putting the stuff in plastic. I always mai sai toom. No plastic! Then they start loading up my bag. Most look at me like I am from Mars. Do I care? Not one iota. About 1% thank me, and get it. Not many do. My Thai wife never used to like bringing the bags to the store. By now, she expects it, and sometimes even asks if I have any bags in the car, or on the motorbike. Same with the water bottles. It used to embarrass her. Now, it is second nature, as I have been doing this for so long, she expects it. So, if a Thai can be conditioned to follow these simple principals, then anyone can.

 

2. I bring a bottle of water with me, every time I go to a restaurant. I refill my plastic bottles from the 20 liter bottles at home. It is easy. I never buy bottled water at a restaurant. This saves 300-600 bottles a year. I use a plastic bottle dozens of times. I never get any flack from the restaurants. Only once did someone say something to me. She said you cannot bring you own water. My response was if you serve the water in a glass bottle, and I do not have to consume a plastic bottle, I am happy to pay for that. She was lost. I told her to leave and get me my food. She went away.

 

We simply cannot say we are concerned about the environment, and then do nothing about it. Action demonstrates commitment. Lack of action demonstrates nothing.

 

Lastly, restaurants can demonstrate their commitment, by serving drinking water from the 20 liter bottles. It saves alot of plastic. They lose a small amount of revenue, by not selling thousands of bottles of water. But, their operation is still profitable, and they are making a real difference.

 

There really is not need to be consuming water in plastic bottles. At least not often. There are alternatives. Those damn bottles are a real culprit, when it comes to fouling the environment. What can we do, if we say we care?

[jacko45k]

It is also the things that go into the supermarket plastic bags..... the plastic containers fruit, bakery goods etc go into, and of course the plastic water, drink, sauce, oil  etc bottles. We lost the will when Covid struck and Greta stopped yelling at us. 

[redwood1]

22 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

It is also the things that go into the supermarket plastic bags..... the plastic containers fruit, bakery goods etc go into, and of course the plastic water, drink, sauce, oil  etc bottles. We lost the will when Covid struck and Greta stopped yelling at us. 

 

My favorite is Home Pro......They have been enforcing the no bag insanity for years now.....Almost every bloody thing they sell in covered in plastic....Or made out of plastic....The whole store is wall to wall plastic....

 

But no we cant give you a plastic bag.....We are saving the planet....lol

 

Hypocrites of the worst kind.

 

 

[johng]

18 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Gas guzzling pickups a few and far between in LOS...

 

Really ?  I must be living in a different Thailand 😱

[Ralf001]

14 minutes ago, johng said:

 

Really ?  I must be living in a different Thailand 😱

 

Diesel pickups very very common.

Gas pickups very very uncommon.

[Andyfez]

On 3/11/2025 at 6:22 PM, Moonlover said:

Turtles! What are turtles?

It's a new soup recipe in the frozen meal section.

[Espanol]

11 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

 

2. I bring a bottle of water with me, every time I go to a restaurant. I refill my plastic bottles from the 20 liter bottles at home. It is easy. I never buy bottled water at a restaurant. This saves 300-600 bottles a year.

 

There really is not need to be consuming water in plastic bottles. At least not often. There are alternatives. Those damn bottles are a real culprit, when it comes to fouling the environment. What can we do, if we say we care?

 

 

I solve the problem of bottled water in restaurants by ordering beer.  🍺 😁

 

 

 

[Ralf001]

11 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

 

 

2. I bring a bottle of water with me, every time I go to a restaurant. I refill my plastic bottles from the 20 liter bottles at home. It is easy. I never buy bottled water at a restaurant. This saves 300-600 bottles a year.

 

 

 

You eat at a restaurant mostly twice a day ?

[QPRFC]

THIS IS THE TIME !!  NOW

 

To take this opportunity to double bag. 

 

[KhunLA]

As stated earlier, Turtles, easy, burn your plastic, and don't give to govt to dump in seas.

 

Global Warming ...  

USA ... only 7 of highest temp were in 21st Century ... 

[jacko45k]

21 hours ago, redwood1 said:

 

My favorite is Home Pro......They have been enforcing the no bag insanity for years now.....Almost every bloody thing they sell in covered in plastic....Or made out of plastic....The whole store is wall to wall plastic....

 

But no we cant give you a plastic bag.....We are saving the planet....lol

 

Hypocrites of the worst kind.

 

 

Good point, And it is usually encased in such a way as to need garden tools to open them!

[EVENKEEL]

On 3/12/2025 at 1:09 AM, ChipButty said:

How many people have a plastic bag full of plastic bags in their kitchen? 

I have 2 plastic bags full of plastic bags. 

[spidermike007]

13 hours ago, Espanol said:

 

 

I solve the problem of bottled water in restaurants by ordering beer.  🍺 😁

 

 

 

On occasion when I've been questioned about bringing my own bottle of water to a restaurant, I asked them if they served water using glass bottles which can be recycled.

 

When they say no we only have plastic, I tell them that's exactly why I brought my own water. Go away and get my food. 

[spidermike007]

13 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

You eat at a restaurant mostly twice a day ?

At least once a day. There are two of us. Do the math.