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Charges being applied to plastic bags at supermarkets
POSTED BY: TGB 6 months, 2 weeks agoListening to the radio this morning, there's a lot of talk about the 5p (or there abouts) price on plastic bags in the supermarket, specifically M&S who have just started this. Now I've been complaining about the price of just about everything lately and a price being attached to something that used to be free should probably get my blood boiling... but I really don't seem to mind.
I generally always bring along a couple of re-useable bags when I go shopping, folded up (the ones that have a button) and in my bag.
I often shop at Lidl where they've always charged 3p for bags, which gives me more of an incentive to bring some re-useable ones with me. Hell, I've even resorted to picking up an empty box and using that to carry my goods back to the car!
I understand it's going to be inconvenient for some, but I can't see it really affecting me much. If I'm gonna be charged for bags then I'm more likely to try and remember to bring my own next time I go shopping at Tesco/Asda/Sainsburys.
What's your take on this?
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I thought the M&S 5p bag would be the bag for life style, as they have recently been giving this away in some promotion.
However, M&S have done alot towards bag for life style bags, they sell various types of canvas' bags, one of which I personally think is going to be the 'under £5 IT bag for the summer'  Shops charging you for bags is a good incentive for you to re-use bags, I would! I do, I use an over sized handbag so i don't have to use carrier bags as much, and always re-using larger carrier bags!- Even if it is as dustbin bags I believe there's an island somewhere in the british isles that charge for carrier bags? (Maybe it's a county!) .... right i'll quit my little rant  actually.... i'd like to carry on! I got p'vd in asda the other day as... they had their bag for life bags on those little hooks where their normal bags are kept... which really preasured me in to purchasing one as I had picked it up thinking that was the bag i had to use... then the cashier told me i had to pay for it! I have re-used it since, only the once as it then got a large rip in it!!! luckily I had my 'man bag' (Note: I'm female!!) with me so I had the hassle of rearranging stuff to ease the asda bag! Which then made me late for my lesson :( (Rarely happens!) I also had with me an m&s bag for life bag (Yeah, lots of bits with me!) which didn't break!!! hmm :( Last edited by yimmie : 06-05-2008 at 08:41. |
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Last edited by backtothecaves : 06-05-2008 at 08:44. |
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Glad to see I'm not the only one that doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. My sister's a vet and was telling me the other day that plastic bags kill ducks as they wrap around them and cause them to suffocate/drown. I guess this is more carelessness of the people who use them and just chuck them away though.
So screw 'em! I have loads of re-useables from Tesco, Sainsburys and Wilko and part of my kitchen cupboard filled to the rim with plastic bags I've used over the years. I don't think I'll need another one. I'd like 5p/litre off at the pump for every plastic bag I don't take.  |
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TGB:
I'd like 5p/litre off at the pump for every plastic bag I don't take.
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might be a good idea to only buy what you can carry without using a bag, good way of dieting too ! could even learn to balance things on your head like they do in Africa
 now that would be a sight |
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Instead of charging 5p for a bag which is not environmentally friendly, why don't these supermarkets find a more environmentally friendly bag, then charge us 5p for them!
Stupid supermarkets .. which should also cut down on the amount of packaging they use!  |
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