Consumer behaviour and governmental policies play an
important role in the disposal stage of shopping bags. Notwithstanding
the capability of certain types of bags to be recycled and
reused, it is in the hands of customers to reuse a bag until it can be
discarded or recycled, i.e. to reuse the shopping bags many times
till they can be disposed of and to keep them in recycling bins
provided by the government, rather than dispose to landfill, which
is detrimental to the environment as far as eco-impact is concerned.