you should totally do it , i was there 2 years ago , if you love beautiful landscapes this is the place for you <| sep |> Maybe he was being sarcastic but wanted to put the answer out there so other people can know . Idk probably just an idiot on the wrong account though <| sep |> The point is that we need to make a cultural shift , so that grabbing a reusable bag from home , andor keeping a few on hand in the car or in your handbagwork bagwhatever is second nature . That ' s not going to happen while retailers still give them out freely very often without even asking the customer if they need one . A recycling scheme just would be grossly underutilised . People will still mindlessly take free plastic bags , and then dump them in the regular old trash when they find they have too many . Besides , recycling anything costs energy too , it is empirically better to remove the problem at the root , rather than try to create an expensive workaround . You may think this is a bit pessimistic , but I ' ve done enough retail work to know that people will just take bags for anything , any day . The same people , often multiple times a day , often insisting on doublebagging because they have to walk , even though that ' s what bags are designed for . There ' s no way they ' re using all of them as binliners .