Without plastic bags, household expenditure with transport of goods would rise 146%

Study carried out by Fipe (Economic Research Institute Foundation) says that if the plastic bags would be delivered free of charge by the supermarkets, the involvement of consumer spending with shopping and transport packaging waste packaging would rise from 0.1335% to 0.328% of its budget. Seems a little low, but, according to the analysis, the percentage approaches the spent on essential items, such as beans (0.393%) and rice (0.743%).
The survey was conducted in 648 households in the city of São Paulo, between July and August this year. These households spend, combined, a total of R $ 2,781 monthly .08 with packaging to carry groceries and disposing of household waste. I.e. $ 4.29 per household. In the event of the plastic bags are no longer delivered for free by supermarkets, Fipe points that spending per household increased from $ 4.29 to $ 10,56, totaling R $ 6,844 .14.
Yet according to the survey, low-income consumers are the biggest losers. This is because your spending with shopping and transport packaging waste disposal practically do not exist, once almost exclusively use the grocery bags for these purposes.
To estimate a scenario without plastic bags, assessed the demand increase Fipe of returnable bags and biodegradable bags in the carriage of the goods to the residence. In addition, take into account also the increasing demand of garbage bags in overriding the plastic bags in household use.