HAMBURG, N.Y. (WBEN) – The state government’s plan to ban single-use plastic bags and impose a fee on paper bags could have an effect on grocery stores and markets across the state.
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However, Hamburg’s Braymiller Market isn’t concerned about the ban because owner Stuart Green already encourages their customers to bring their own bags.
“Plastic bags aren’t the best thing for the environment,” Green told WBEN. “We offer paper bags as an alternative already for no additional charge. We will clearly do that in the (City of Buffalo) as well.”
The market will expand its footprint after it was announced earlier this month they will be the owner and operator of the market at 201 Ellicott Street.
Green said he would rather people take the initiative themselves to use plastic bags instead of the government telling them what they can and can’t do.
Aldi does not offer plastic bags or paper bags to its customers. Customers outside a local Aldi shrugged at the idea of a plastic bag ban, with several we spoke with telling us about the negative effects to the environment and that they accustomed to life without plastic bags after only a few visits.