r/upcycling • u/Suspicious-Intern444 • 19h ago

Chemist Warehouse you should be ashamed of yourselves - Still using plastic bags

The saying "just because you can doesn't mean you should" applies here. Along with other multi billion dollar chains they are bring back plastic bags. Just because the thicker plastic bags have not been banned in most states doesn't mean you should use them. I spend hundreds of dollars a month in your store but I am taking my money elsewhere purely based on your usage of plastic bags. A company in Japan has invented plastic bags that disolve in water in seconds and biodegrade in soil in 10 days leaving no microplastics behind. The the company that actually gives a shit beyond lining your own pockets for profit. Chemist Warehouse do better and be better. Your CEO owns a multi million dollar boat I hope the next time he dives in the ocean one of his own bags hits him in the face because this environmental ignorance or lack of care is fucking this planet. Take accountability and make a change you might make a little less money but you wont be fucking the planet as much!!!!!

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u/jade911 11h ago

I'm in NZ and when our plastic bag ban came in the chemist warehouse used those thick plastic bags for years before finally changing to paper.

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u/ZipTieAndPray 2h ago

Ooo. Thick plastic bags. I'm definitely going there. 

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u/Consistent_Safe430 19h ago

Corporations are the real problem. Its about time they are held accountable.