Am I the only one who doesn't ever get a bag at the Apple Store? I just grab the thing I want, scan it in the Apple Store app, pay for it with my phone then walk out like I'm a creepy shoplifter as I look over my shoulder half expecting someone's going to tackle me for not paying. It's hard enough getting the attention of an employee, so why bother?
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Apple to Phase Out Plastic Bags for Environmentally Friendly Paper Bags Starting April 15
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Well, you must be trolling, because Apple products are highly recyclable compared to other tech gear, and the useful life of an Apple product is actually increasing in this relatively tranquil decade, compared to the turbulent 1990s and 2000s when there were multiple major hardware and software transitions. Macs from 2008 or so, even some from 2007, can still run the current OS X, rivaling the useful lifespan of 68k Macs back in the System 7 days. The post-Jobs product strategy of keeping some older models in production as long as they sell, such as the MacBook Pro MD101 and previous years' iPhone and iPad models, points toward this trend continuing, because older processors still being sold means that much more future OS support.
I wish Apple actually spent a bit more time understanding the costs to the environment of recycling paper (post consumer waste), vs using more virgin fiber that would provide a stronger bag, and still be fully recyclable.
I'll be sad to see the bags go as I re-use them also but this is a good move. We need to severely curtail our throw-away & single-use plastics across the board. A drop in the bucket is better than none at all.
If Apple really wanted to leave the world a better place, first and foremost they'd revisit their product launch distribution process. It currently relies far too heavily on fuel hungry cargo planes to deliver from China around the globe to meet an arbitrary self imposed deadline.
Constantly refueling planes to fuel consumer greed and promote materialism is no way to run an environmentally conscious company.
Constantly refueling planes to fuel consumer greed and promote materialism is no way to run an environmentally conscious company.
Where I live, they charge the equivalent of half a US dollar for an environmentally friendly bag.
Plastic bags are not used at the bigger shops while the smaller shops don't care and continue to use plastic bags.
I still don't think Apple should move to paper bags, how will people carry their iMacs? And as most people posted, they actually use the current Apple bag compared to regular plastic bags which are often just thrown right away.
Plastic bags are not used at the bigger shops while the smaller shops don't care and continue to use plastic bags.
I still don't think Apple should move to paper bags, how will people carry their iMacs? And as most people posted, they actually use the current Apple bag compared to regular plastic bags which are often just thrown right away.
You got your wish. Paper is biodegradable. Apple makes them with 80% recycled content so only 20% of the bag will be made from a cut down tree and they say those are from managed forested that are sustainable.
From an environmental point of view they do offer the very best option, no bag at all.
That's me, too. I feel so weird and always expect to be pounced on on my way out but I just get a smile and a wave on out.
Already in the works - something like 7,000 trees are slated to be planted on the new campus in Cupertino.
But seriously... I'd applaud if Apple purchased some whopping big tracts of land to be re-forested, to be used for sustainable forestry, or just plain preserved. I'm not incredibly optimistic, because in the end, most of Apple's environmental initiatives seem to have a long-term economic payoff - something that can be justified to the shareholders, should that be necessary. I think they'd have a harder time explaining a million-acre Apple orchard than justifying a major investment in solar energy production.
I was literally thinking about this the other day, why apple still uses plastic bags in their stores..well this is awesome.
His got an opportunity to make the paper bag thinner....
[doublepost=1459831254][/doublepost]This is an end of an era, those bag really did become iconic and the latested a long time .
As you say, plastic gets into the waterways. Plastic has a huge environmental cost to our oceans and ourselves. The tiny balls into which they are molded get into our waterways too.
So then what's up with the huge ridiculous plastic container inside the Apple Watch box?
You mean they won't sell you a reusable bag to save trees?
Something like 80% of the paper used in the US is made from farmed trees. You're not really saving trees.
Yeah I do, I'm talking about a synthetic material that dissolves, not so much a paper bag that requires trees to make, even though it is 80% recycled material, you still have that 20%, I'm talking about a 100% recyclable synthetic material. A little more futuristic than whats already out there. I don't think you understood what I meant.
And if it's leaking? What? Drink it? I guess you can sop it up with your paper bag.
Yes, like recycling them responsibly, which I've done for decades.
Denying the utility of plastic bags and banning them is just a knee jerk response.
Nothing's sitting in a landfill for a thousand years, they'll be mining them for resources, like plastic, in a hundred.
Same here in the EUSSR. Free plastic bags have been banned since Jan 1st. It's either you pay for it or BYO. Paper bags are still allowed.