A 5p charge for plastic bags in England is to be introduced

[davieG]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24088523

[jonthefox]

I'm always surprised no one has come up with a solution to this. Surely there must be some bio degradable material you can use for bags?.

 

I'll have to invent one. Maybe this is my eureka moment. Dragons den here i come.

[davieG]

I'm always surprised no one has come up with a solution to this. Surely there must be some bio degradable material you can use for bags?.

 

I'll have to invent one. Maybe this is my eureka moment. Dragons den here i come.

Many of them do degrade.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

Many of them degrade in the car park. Usually the ones with glass items in

[The Year Of The Fox]

Doesn't bother me, they've done it in wales for a while.

It won't stop me buying the bags though, I use them to take my dinner to work.

What's 50p (with a massive shop) when you've just spent 80 on food?

No deterrant whatsoever.

[Strokes]

I already pay that now, you can stick your bag for life up your arse, its no good for picking up dog poo.

[Head Honcho]

Doesn't bother me, they've done it in wales for a while.

It won't stop me buying the bags though, I use them to take my dinner to work.

What's 50p (with a massive shop) when you've just spent 80 on food?

No deterrant whatsoever.

75% reduction in usage in Wales suggest otherwise.

 

There'll always be people out there who couldn't give a toss about recycling but at least this is a step in the right direction.

 

It's about changing attitudes and how difficult is it to buy a few bags for life and leave them in the back of the car?

 

We try to recycle everything in our canteen at work but I despair when I see the amount of water some people use clean their tin or jar before putting it in the recycling bin.

[Mike Oxlong]

Even with the cost of the elastic band, still cheaper than johnnies.

[Strokes]

75% reduction in usage in Wales suggest otherwise.

There'll always be people out there who couldn't give a toss about recycling but at least this is a step in the right direction.

It's about changing attitudes and how difficult is it to buy a few bags for life and leave them in the back of the car?

We try to recycle everything in our canteen at work but I despair when I see the amount of water some people use clean their tin or jar before putting it in the recycling bin.

If you resuse the plastic bags, then you are recycling.

[Fox92]

I don't really agree that they should cost. Even if people start paying, it doesn't stop them throwing them in the street or whatever. 

[Webbo]

I don't really agree that they should cost. Even if people start paying, it doesn't stop them throwing them in the street or whatever. 

Makes it less likely though.

[Strokes]

Where does the money go?

[Webbo]

Where does the money go?

Charity, less a small percentage to the shops for administration.

[Strokes]

Charity, less a small percentage to the shops for administration.

Sweet so buy a carrier bag and donate at the same time, everyones a winner.

[Captain...]

I thought this was being brought in years ago, fully support it, as someone on here has said it is not going to make a huge difference on a big shop, but if you've just bought a drink and a sandwich to eat for lunch you may think twice about getting a bag, not sure how they will enforce it on self scanners though.

 

I'm also surprised the money goes to charity, I would have thought it would be easier to enforce as a tax.

[davieG]

What about the shops that insist on putting your purchase, however little it costs in a plastic bag will they be told to make it optional?

[Captain...]

What about the shops that insist on putting your purchase, however little it costs in a plastic bag will they be told to make it optional?

 

I very rarely see that these days, I guess clothes shops and hmv, but it does say it will only impact big supermarkets, and large stores, which I took to mean food shops rather than high street.

[Zingari]

Sweet so buy a carrier bag and donate at the same time, everyones a winner.

Yes , especially the CEO's of the charities who all seem to do very nicely. 

[Guest]

I've been amazed that England have allowed the supermarkets such wanton waste for years. It's easy to take a couple of strong bags and then fill them and empty them. It's actually much easier than plastic bags. It's only a few years ago that plastic bags came into use. Grans alive now always used to Watch their mothers take a bag with them to the shops.

 

They shouldn't even be sold in the shops it should be stronger bags sold if needed. It's not as though we don't pay for the bags through increased prices anyway.

 

In short.

 

Remove plastic bags from the equation.

[davieG]

I'll still use degradable plastic bags to line my waste bins and to put my non-recyclable waste in before I dump it in the wheelie bin it'll just mean I have to buy some now and yes I do use reusable bags for food shopping when I have sufficient supply of plastic bags to fulfil my other waste needs.

[Strokes]

Yes , especially the CEO's of the charities who all seem to do very nicely.

One day I hope to have such a fulfilling gig myself. It would be great to be able to preach well being and goodwill from my massive house.

[Strokes]

Let's all use paper bags, who needs trees

[davieG]

They'll be banning plastic currency next.

[The God Emperor]

gosh darn gubbermint telling me what kind of bags to use! how about I find a bureaucrat and steal his bureaucrat hat and use that as a shopping bag! see how they like that! 

[Guest]

I'll still use degradable plastic bags to line my waste bins and to put my non-recyclable waste in before I dump it in the wheelie bin it'll just mean I have to buy some now and yes I do use reusable bags for food shopping when I have sufficient supply of plastic bags to fulfil my other waste needs.

 

There's no problem with that and I'm sure that you're happy to pay the pennies that those bags cost without secretly being charged for it. And I also use plastic dog poo bags for a couple of quid a hundred.

 

gosh darn gubbermint telling me what kind of bags to use! how about I find a bureaucrat and steal his bureaucrat hat and use that as a shopping bag! see how they like that! 

 

 

Nobody's stopping you using any bag, you're just going to be charged directly for it. Why should OAPS have to pay the secret tax when they could save a few pennies using their wheelie bags?