Due to the damage caused by plastic waste to the environment, the bags bought from the markets during shopping were made chargeable. The main purpose here was to reduce the bags taken and thrown into the environment. This app worked, albeit partially. Because many people no longer want bags when shopping in markets.
When this practice was first implemented, some of the 25 cents received for bags was transferred to the seller and some to the state. Afterwards, the state began to collect the entire fee taken from the bag.
Shock! Big hike in bags sold for 25 cents!
With the regulation published in the Official Gazette, the price of the bag, which was 25 cents, rose to 38.5 cents. Well what does it mean. Let’s explain now.
From now on, the markets will pay the state 38.5 cents per bag they sell. However, this amount will not be reflected to the buyers. In other words, we will continue to pay 25 cents for the bags we buy from the market. Since the markets will pay 38.5 cents, they will have paid the difference of 13.5 cents out of their own pockets.
It is a separate question mark whether the markets will ask for money for the bags after this hike. Because if the bag is given and not reflected on the receipt, then there will be no problem. So there will be no need to pay any money for the bag. But for each bag reflected on the receipt, the markets will now pay 38.5 kuruş. We hope that this fee will not be fully reflected to the buyers in the upcoming period.