“The return of the bag is open for abuse”

In accordance with the 13th article of the Environmental Law, plastic bags would be paid for a fee. Evaluating the taking bag back to the market and demanding for a refund process after shopping, the citizen who realized that he paid for the bag, faculty member of the Istanbul Gelisim University Prof. Dr. Aydın Başbuğ said: “Within a reasonable time a buyer must check the defect by inspection until leaving the market. The time here is determined by the rules of good intention. After a long period of time, defamation is contrary to the rules of good intention, because the return of the bags after use is abusive”.

“CAN BE REPLACED WITH NEW ONE”

the sales points determined to give the bag free of charge are given an administrative fine of 10 Turkish liras for each square meter of the closed sales area, excluding the warehouse. Stating that according to the contract of sale of the law as of 1 January 2019, the parties have mutual obligations Prof. Dr. Aydın Başbuğ said: “The seller is obliged to deliver non-defective goods. In return, the buyer also has the obligation to inspect. The buyer must inspect the goods purchased within a reasonable period and check whether it is defective. In the bags, the seller has to hand in a non-defective bag also. In case of a defect in the bag, the buyer has the right to return. However, even in this case, the seller has an obligation to replace the new one”.

“TIME IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO GOOD FAITH RULES”
Başbuğ emphasizing the need to check the defect with the examination until leaving the pay-point within reasonable time-period, added: “The time here is determined by the rules of good faith. After a long period of time, defamation is contrary to the rules of good faith, because the return of the bags after use is abusive”.