‘Sakonite’ plastic bag is the answer
Now that Hong Kong local supermarkets like the big chain Park N Shop have already introduced a mandatory charge of 50 cents per use of plastic bag, customers will be ask if they could get by with fewer bags, or with none at all. Fewer plastic bags means savings for the supermarket, and good news for the environment.
Speaking of plastic bags, in Hong Kong, we have these Chinese market bags that are so popular for every locals - even my fellow Filipinos goes home with these bags to the Philippines. If you travel from Hong Kong to the Philippines and as you wait for your luggage at the pick-up area, most likely you’ll see quite a number of these bags everywhere. Then you know where these bags come from.
Ladies, would you like to use one of these LV plastic bags?
*photo courtesy of Counterfeit Chic
I think Marc Jacobs just made a design by using these Chinatown plastic bags that even celebrity fans already include Reese Witherspoon, Eva Longoria, Vanessa Minnillo, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, and Jessica Simpson have these, according to the news.
Out of curiousity, I found another designs made by Jaye Hersh with the exact blue and red market bags available for order online at Shopintuition.com.
It’s one of Hong Kong’s most iconic plastic bags that I’d extremely avoid to carrying one if I, one day would travel back home. I must admit though that my Mom whenever she travels back to the Philippines has also used these bags a few times back. She said, “it has a brand of its own”.
I called it the ‘sakonite‘ bags which is popularly associated with ‘sako‘ for plastic and ‘nite‘ for Samsonite - it’s very light and you don’t need to worry paying extra kilo-weight of your luggage unlike the Samsonite bags.
Look, even my favourite G.O.D. shop in Hong Kong has its own version too.
*photo courtesy of G.O.D.
The idea of this new levy, ‘No Plastic Bag Campaign’ is that at least some consumers will stop using plastic bags and provide their own bags whenever they want to buy something from supermarket. Those who don’t would pay the fee at checkout. I mean for me, I really don’t mind carrying my own bag because I only buy as little as 5 items every other week. “We pay enough for our groceries. That should be included in the price,” some people say.
I guess, no matter how many people argue of using a plastic bag or not, it seems like people should have the responsibility to maybe carry their own stuff. And I think this new rule will work, in a sense that it is like ending free parking so people don’t drive too much.
Don’t Take It Personal
by: Monica (R&B Various Artists Album)
hahahaha. I like the name and how it was derived. I actually think it is a smart idea to bring your own bag when you go for grocery shopping.It’s a good way to recycle. They already do this in carrefour and you can buy their version of “sakonites” fro 1 euro ( I think?!) and use it when you do your grocery
yup i still remember those kind of “sako” bags in PI. that’s nice that they’re using & designing it for modern fashion. btw, i have a friend here from Ireland and she said that in their country, they don’t use plastic bags at all when they go to grocery shops. they have to bring their own bags too. that’s interesting though cuz i cant imagine bringing my own bag when i go to groceries..too much hassle.
Duke, talaga? Now people around here might think baka pati na rin the use of shopping bags maapektuhan. In reality, the idea of replacing an Armani or Chanel’s shopping bag by toting a ‘bring your own bag’ to the store will pretty much gives them the weird look. You know naman in HK, even office workers uses branded paper bags to put their lunchboxes, diba?
Diane, some people think, “stop shopping at supermarkets”. Other say, it’s too expensive for them to pay 50 cents per plastic bag when they buy bulky of goods. But of course, items such as wet goods or fresh fish are excluded.
you may be interested to note that in Bangladesh, the government has banned the use of plastic bags in supermarkets. they use their local jute bags or recycled paper. i have personally been there a couple of times for the past few years.
it’s a good initiative on the part of the government, considering that bangladesh is a 3rd world country.
there’s a city here in the Bay Area that has banned plastic bags in supermarkets. a lot of people bring canvas tote bags to use for grocery shopping. it’s a nice contibution to the environment.
but who would’ve thought that the beloved ’sako’ would hit the fashion world? kinda cool.
Sexy mom, I’m surprised. And I believe it’s a smart idea. Imagine most residents here each use an average of almost five plastic bags a day. Just about everything purchased in supermarkets, shops and street stalls comes in a plastic bags. I am very pleased that Hong Kong citizens are now getting more used to using less plastic bags.
Rho, I think it was made for the Spring collections from Prada (not sure) where they actually used a creative recycled luxury bags with details of what each bag is made out of. I think that looks so cool.
Wen to Africa a few years ago and everybody on the plane was carrying two or three of those sakos, but enornous size.
You need plastic bags for rubish also, and I dont buy more, I recycle those I´ve uses in the supermaket
I guess trendy plastic bags are good for the environment. I am the proud owner of “A Bathing Ape” plastic bag from Japan. In London lots of tourists go to Harrods and buy the cheapest thing possible, just to get the plastic bag.
Inthesity, you made me laugh there when you said “sako”, it’s a tagalog word for plastic actually but yeah I do that too, I like re-using (not with my underwear tho’, I remember I said that sometime ago) plastic bags for my garbage.
Roaf, I like that brand. It’s a ‘hip-hop, urban style of clothes that’re pretty much popular for young locals here. Anything Japanese, they adore them. But of course, that “Harrod’s’ plastic bag has a lot of knockoffs around here. Thanks for the visit.
we seem to be a little behind here in the US. but with the quantity of the food i buy, i would probably need 3 of those sako bags.
i always have a need for plastic bags. i put my baon in there because we are not allowed to bring a lunch bag inside the building fearing concealed weapons.
we do have a place by the grocery store by the entrance where we can stuff plastic bags. my karate instructor uses them as a punching bag for his students.
You’re learning Karate? Now, I’m curious.
Well you can always reuse your plastic bags or donate to a charity thrift store, or even make your own rugs, pwede rin diba?
“saco” is also a spanish word for a big bag usually made on any kind of fabric, but it also can be used as a big plastic bag.
there is also an expersion “a saco” is slang to say that you make something wild, for example if you drive a saco you drive too fast.
inthesity, I think it can also mean a sports jacket? or a garment for cold weather?
yeahhh but this is more in South America, specially in Argentina, but not in Spain, people understand but don´t use it in that sense
i think its real smart and economical for people to come up with sakonites, as you would call ‘em, counterparts of our bayongs over here in the p.i.
mas tipid, and yes, earth friendly pa. and one more thing, mas hip para sa mga gustong maging in, mga fashionista o para sa mga ayaw lang magbitbit ng isang katerbang plastic.
hopefully one day stores, supermarkets specifically, would implement that here. i really wouldn’t mind.
inthesity, it’s the same word we used in my provincial dialect and you know how Spaniards influenced us in many ways.
Kait, I think bayong bags is now for exports? Isn’t Kate Spade’s Summer bayong bag’s (straw tote’ bags) selling like hotcakes this summer? Like this?
hi K, the LV Sakonite, eheste, Street Bag is actually made of beautiful braided leather (and not plastic), which is supposed to justify its tag price. Jack Spade actually started that “trend”, and it was actually a tongue-in-cheek thing in order to make a statement against all the fake bag makers in the world. Spade copied the lowest-end bags he could find in China, ergo the sako bags, and stamped the Jack Spade label on it. parang, “take that you $#@ counterfeiters!”, hehe. now LV is following suit. but you should see how the people here int he west line up for those bags!! parang sobrang gandang-ganda sila sa design ng sakonite e my mom used to use something like that for her palengke-shopping.
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It’s a shame what happened to Bangladesh. I hope the world steps up and helps them.
hi everybody, im from mexico if some can tell me where i can find that kind of bag.. i mean the LV plastic bag.
Thanks