Uh, what? Are you some sort of conservative Neanderthal who manages to somehow think recycling is a bad thing? It's not pandering, it's common sense. Or are you overly worried about the negative impact this will surely have on oil stock prices?
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Apple to Phase Out Plastic Bags for Environmentally Friendly Paper Bags Starting April 15
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I still have the first Apple bag I ever got when I purchased my first iPod, a 3rd gen Nano. The bag is neatly folded in a box with all my other Apple packaging that I've saved throughout the years.
Paint? You're not thinking big enough. You know, after the spaceship campus is done, they could make some really cool apartment/condo complexes...
I have to admit I've got a whole bunch of them -- too many to count -- representing my various Apple purchases through the years. I've still got the bags which used to actually have the name of the store on them, too: i.e., Tysons Corner. Don't remember when they stopped doing that.....
Wow, I'll cherish my white plastic Apple bag collection even more now that soon there won't be any handed out at the stores!
I can see Phil on stage now: "Jonny and the team have designed a new form of paper for the bags, that's thinner and lighter than one-ply tissue paper. And we call it ...the Smart Bag. It's mercury free, arsenic free, beryllium free, and highly recyclable..."
If that's the case, I doubt they will really be more environmentally friendly. See my post above.
There are environmental advantages to plastic bags. They take up less space, are more durable (paper bags rip more easily), are easier to ship, and the plastic is a byproduct of natural gas production (which is increasing because natural gas is cheap and a lot cleaner to burn than coal).
Sometimes moves like this are just symbolism or even worse. Chicago banned single-use plastic bags last year. What happened was that stores switched to heavier paper bags, or thicker "multi-use" plastic bags that people often forget or don't bother to re-use. It was counterproductive.
[doublepost=1459821125][/doublepost]I got my first apple bag when I went to the Charleston, SC Apple store to pick up my iPhone 6s Plus. Being int eh store felt so amazing
When a customer buys an Apple product in an Apple retail store, it's packaged in a white plastic drawstring bag emblazoned with an Apple logo, something that's become an iconic part of the Apple experience. Starting later this month, Apple is introducing changes to its bagging policy, phasing out plastic bags in favor of a more environmentally friendly paper option.
Apple is planning to switch from the plain white plastic bags to paper bags made from 80 percent recycled materials, which Apple says will further its goal of leaving the world "better than we found it." Apple informed employees of the impending change in a note, which was shared by 9to5Mac.
In addition to handing out paper bags, employees are also being asked to adopt a new policy of querying customers as to whether a bag is needed at all instead of simply providing one.
While Apple will begin offering the new bags on April 15, employees have been instructed to continue to use all of the available stock of plastic bags before switching to paper. Once the supply is exhausted, the new paper bags, the design of which is unknown, will be used exclusively.
Given Apple's focus on recycling, clean energy, and reducing its carbon footprint, the company's switch from plastic to paper should come as no surprise. Apple already focuses on minimizing packaging size for its products from iPhones to Macs and two-thirds of the paper used for packaging is from recycled content with the rest sourced from sustainable forests.
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I'm old enough to remember when grocery stores moved away from paper to plastic to "save the forests." Neither bag type has any real environmental cost so long as they are disposed of properly (ideally recycled). While I applaud Apple on some things, this one in particular is just a "green fad." Mark my post, in 20 years the headline will be: "Apple to Phase Out Paper Bags for Forest Friendly Plastic Bags."
This makes me long for the days of the packaging of the iPod Generation 4. Like unwrapping a Christmas present! Now the experience of opening an Apple product is not…. as special.
Because they don't biodegrade in air- and water-controlled landfills (neither does anything else).
i can't remember the last time i left an Apple store (when buying something) and had a bag in hand.
I usually just carry the item(s) out in hand. but maybe i am just not buying enough to warrant a bag use.
I usually just carry the item(s) out in hand. but maybe i am just not buying enough to warrant a bag use.
When did "leaving something better than when you found it" become a liberal idea? LOL
Also, you meant to say *company's* ... SPEAK ENGLISH OR GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY!
Who else thinks, 6 months after they switch from plastic to paper, apple will then offer high quality reusable "premium" plastic bags for purchase?
In all seriousness, while I do like the current bags, I am glad that Apple at least tries to do good sometimes. I'm sure their not always consistent and/or sincere but at least they try.
In all seriousness, while I do like the current bags, I am glad that Apple at least tries to do good sometimes. I'm sure their not always consistent and/or sincere but at least they try.
And yet when I ordered two iPhone docks and an iPhone case, they were shipped from Australia tumbling around in enormous boxes instead an appropriately-sized, single box from a local warehouse. Why don't they set up shop here? Seems enormously carbon-rich.
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Well I just meant that Johnny Ive would be the ideal guy to speak about paint drying.
Apple is "environmentally friendly" when it comes to plastic bags, but they'll still sell Mac Minis, Airs with glued in 4Gigs of RAM, this ensuring a shortened lifespan, and wasted precious resources. Plus all the other glued in RAM/storage.
Say one thing, do another.
Say one thing, do another.
Oh dear, the plastic or paper debate again.
Trading one environmental issue for another.
Personally, I'm for reusable fabric bags, but all the Apple bags I've ever received, I've kept or reused.
Paper ones make less sense to me. I would just bring in my old Apple bags if I were to go to a retail store, but I order online most of the time these days.
You will if it rains.Oh man, those bags are legit! I wish they kept using them, but whatever. As long as the products are still great, I don't care if they put them in paper or plastic bags