Most everyone knows and uses Walmart as their local shopping center. Lately, Walmart has made some pretty big changes. They recently decided to remove plastic bags from the check-out stations at all their stores.
Removing Plastic Bags
Walmart had made a goal recently to be a zero-waste company. That is a massive goal and will take a few years to get in place.
One way to achieve that goal is to stop using plastic bags.
Plastic bags are not good for the environment and it’s time for this change.
According to Walmart, “A shopping bag is at the center of the final interaction of almost every in-store purchase – be that your weekly grocery trip, a quick milk run or back-to-school shopping. While the convenience of the plastic retail bag cannot be disputed, the average working life of one of these bags is only 12 minutes. It’s estimated that 100 billion plastic bags are being used annually in the U.S. alone, and less than 10 percent of them are recycled.”
This goal to stop using plastic bags will take around three years to complete.
Beyond the Bag
To achieve their goal, Walmart has teamed up with “Beyond the Bag” a company that finds ways to eliminate plastic bags that are better for the world.
CVS Health, Walmart, and Target are all a part of this mission.
Beyond the Bag shares their plan of “identifying, testing and implementing viable design solutions and models that more sustainably serve the purpose of the current retail bag.”
How You Can Help
You can help with this initiative too!
Beyond the Bag is wanting to hear your ideas on how to eliminate plastic bags. If you have a creative idea for a new eco-friendly bag, be sure to submit your thoughts!
You can go to Beyond the Bag Challenge to submit your ideas.
Submissions are due by September 10th as they will start getting to work after that.
Plastic bags are just one part of Walmart’s ultimate goal to be zero waste. Are you excited or dreading this new change?
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127 comments on “Walmart is Removing Plastic Bags From All Their Stores”
And yet I bought plastic bags at Walmart yesterday for my items. Walmart was selling at check out.
Bamboo Paper Bags
save the trees
Cloth bags are good reusable
Make bags out of HEMP , its super strong , its durable and if I am not mistaken its ALSO BIODEGRADABLE .
I see a number of people support using paper bags….paper bags come from trees – have you seen the price of lumber lately???? The shortage of trees will cause the cost of paper bags to go up, too. I’m with the people who reuse the plastic bags in garbage cans.
Use own bags , instead plastic bags , if people do that give % off bring in own bags right now !
I very quickly got used to bringing reusable bags to the grocery store. It shouldn’t be difficult to expand the concept to all shopping. I am one of the people who reuse what NYS refers to as single use bags. I think more people do this than the article states. I would have them available for very small purchases rather than the insane overuse that caused them to be such a problem.Â
I think the bigger problem is our overuse of unnecessary packaging. Consider this: I go to a store to buy a gallon of milk, a jug of laundry detergent, a bottle of ketchup, a jar of peanut butter, and package of GARBAGE BAGS. I get to check out and am told that a flimsy carrying bag is bad for the environment. Well, yes it is BUT…
I use my reusable bags.I would rather use paper for other things.When I was little we only used paper..It may not be convenient for some but 1 million tons of plastic end up in the Ocean every year. The amazing ocean creatures are dying in record numbers due to either getting wrapped up in plastic or digesting it. Plastic my be easier to use but its destroying the planet & I think we’ve done enough damage as it is…
Why not just keep fabric bags or foldable shopping baskets in your trunks to put the shopping in? Through visiting family in Germany, I haven’t really seen plastic bags in years. The ones to buy are designed to be reused.
Fabric bags do not hold up for long either. Paper bags have worked very well and still do.
I invested in canvas ties and they are very sturdy. Longer handles I can put over my shoulder and actually carry more. I can toss them in the Sasha Don they are good to go!