Just buy reusable mesh bags and stop wasting plastic to protect your produce for a 20 minute car ride.
“just put the fruit in the cart” gang represent
Right? Just gonna wash it anyway
Just dump all the loose blueberries into it.
I put them in my pockets and hope I don’t bump into anyone.
There’s no way I’m getting to my car when opening a bag is this hard
We still reuse the plastic bags around here… so, not a total waste I guess.
The “waste” is negligible; doing some napkin math, a 20 minute car ride accounts for 300 times higher carbon footprint than a plastic produce bag (can elaborate if you want). A reused mesh bag is going to be less hygienic and less convenient, and factoring in the higher footprint of production and distribution (produce bags come in packs of thousands) you would need to get a lot of reuse out of it to even be worth it. Considering impact of disposal, as long as you live somewhere that has sane waste disposal and doesn’t empty their trash into the ocean it’s not going to be significant either.
People need to get some perspective on plastic waste. I’ve seen no end of complaints about how my 3d printing hobby is responsible for climate change… In my country, we produce >200 kg of plastic per capita. My 1kg spool of vegetable-derived plastic is not to blame for passing 3°.
I think it’s just since it is a visible thing, and because alternatives are products you can buy and be seen using, it becomes a prime target for scolding and virtue signalling.
It’s like complaining about a phone charger being left in the socket when the windows are open with the AC on.
Those produce bags weigh like 1/4 of a gram. Those produce reusable bags weigh like 30 grams. Most people lose or break, or toss the reusable produce bags before using them 120 times. It’s feel good bullshit for high consuming Whole Foods shoppers. And it’s a distraction.
To be clear, I’m all for reusable grocery bags, and generally against single use items. But the produce bags are so thin and light, they’re probably the least problematic.
It’s less about the carbon and more about the fact that it doesn’t degrade. It’s plastic pollution.
everything that helps helps
Not all of those bags are the same.
The produce bag rolls at most stores around me are compostable now. They are also breathable and will keep the produce fresh longer when left in the bag.
Best part is I can carry 2-3 fully loaded reusable bags vs 12 flimsy plastic ones that split and overflow.
All you do is put the top between the palms of your hands and rub them together like you’ve just come up with an evil plan and they pop open.
bonus points if you actually come up with an evil plan while you’re doing it
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simply use the moisture from the sprayers
The what now? I haven’t seen those since the early '90s.
They’re still in use everywhere I’ve shopped
At least the bags say “OPEN HERE”. We’d be fucked if they said “OPEN IN ZIMBABWE” or something like that.
Not sure, I might have just figured out Steven Wright’s Lemmy account.
Excuse me? That was a George Carlin joke I stole.
As a person with eternally sweaty palms, this right here is my superpower. (⌐■-■)
I’ll try for five minutes and find out it opens on the other end.
I do this with dog poop bags, it’s so frustrating!
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My hands are too dry for this to be effective
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You must be shrooming. There’s a reason people moisten their fingers when working with stuff like this.
I can hear your username. Well done.
Hey now, who said you could live on my planet?
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I would encourage you to read and understand things before behaving like an unpleasant and haughty know-it-all
You didn’t even click my link because if you read it, then you’d have to admit that you’ve been embarrassingly wrong this entire time, starting with that eye-rolling emoji. That’s really hard for you, isn’t it – to admit that you’re wrong.
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You’d think that!
I touch the moist sprayers to wet my fingers enough and the opening of the bag is always the part that’s already detached.
Those two tips help.
Clap the whole bag between your hands and rub them together like a scheming villain
If you listen closely you can hear him whisper words of wisdom such as: “I’ve tried both ends five times now!”, “I think this one must be defective!”, or my personal favorite “I don’t think these are the same brand they had out last week!”
Sounds like me plugging in a USB stick.
Damn… I thought I was the only one that noticed they switched the plastic bag brand.
They usually have the good green ones, but then sometimes they have the clear ones that are harder to open
All of them are clear ones here, you just notice these new ones are harder to open, and then you start reading the fine print at the lower end of the bag… yep, not the same ones as last week 😂.
Highlight of my life was shortly after I broke my arm, someone saw me struggling with one of these one-handed and opened it for me like the damn lockpicking lawyer. I’ve considered taking my sling with me shopping ever since, in case I need another good Samaritan to open one of these godforsaken bags again
I go to the broccolis and touch the usually wet crate first.
It takes three times longer to open a dog poop bag when you are out in the cold and can’t even feel your damn finger tips.
Crumple it into a ball and straighten it again. Then put it between your flat hands and rub them against each other.
The small wrinkles from crumpling break cohesion between the layers, and the friction from rubbing separates them.Burn the witch!
Those bags are almost useless, just throw the vegetables directly in your grocery bag at checkout. It’s nice to take one to isolate chicken from the rest, or to put on your bike seat for rainy days, but definitely not useful for veggies.
I don’t want my veggies touching the cart. Some dude who fingers his butthole while wiping used it before me.
He didn’t wash his hands.
Sure, but you’re washing your vegetables anyway right?
But the dude also caressed your rutabaga with those fingers.
I have dry hands, these are my nemesis
I heavily heavily sympathetize. I can’t get the damn things open. I bought the reusable mesh bags because it is far less frustrating to use. Except when I forget to bring them…
One of the best life tips I’ve ever gotten was from some random stranger as I desperately struggled with one of these things: Most times if you slide one edge up and one edge down it pops right open even with super dry skin. Not sure why this works when sliding the halves sideways does not but it dies!
You can do this between your fingers as well. Just use a motion like you are snapping your fingers just more gentle.
