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

[The God Emperor]

 

 

 

 

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?

I was being tongue in cheek   I thinks its a good idea. with the money going to charity rather than the government in the form of a tax, there's a chance it may actually help someone 

[davieG]

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.

 

 

 

The shopping bags happen to be the perfect size to line waste bins I've yet find any on general that are as good or degradable and although i can afford it 5p a bag is excessive for that job especially for a 'pensioner' 

 

It seems to me the responsible citizen is having to pay the 'price' (not just money) for the irresponsible ones as it does with most modern 'control' legislation.

[Guest]

I was being tongue in cheek   I thinks its a good idea. with the money going to charity rather than the government in the form of a tax, there's a chance it may actually help someone 

 

I realised you were which is why I put the laughing smiley.

[Guest]

The shopping bags happen to be the perfect size to line waste bins I've yet find any on general that are as good or degradable and although i can afford it 5p a bag is excessive for that job especially for a 'pensioner' 

 

It seems to me the responsible citizen is having to pay the 'price' (not just money) for the irresponsible ones as it does with most modern 'control' legislation.

 

I would have thought that the supermarkets over there have a multitude of sizes as they do over here. There are whole sections with nothing but bags of different sizes and thicknesses. I find it hard to believe that the cheapo plastic bags at checkout are the best for you.

[The Year Of The Fox]

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.

It's hard to get drawn up too much into this recycling malarkey when it then gets put on a huge cargo ship to be taken to china.

Anyway unless morrisons improve their bags they'll only last the one shop anyway

[Rincewind]

I normally have the free one because I either forget or dont have room. Free ones split anyway before I get home. I have them to save time packing my own bag and holding people up behind me in the queue. I repack when convenient.

[fazzyfox]

I can just see it now:-

Me - "I'd like to purchase one of your bag for life bags please as I wish to be environmentaly responsible."

Checkout - "Certainly sir and would you like that in a carrier bag?"

Me - "Doh!"

[Trav Le Bleu]

I almost always (sometimes I might make an inpromptu visit to the shops) use recycleable bags. For starters, I was fed up with having loads and loads of used bags at home and secondly, it really, really doesn't take any effort once you get into the hang of it. As for people saying the bags for life don't work, they do - just don't get the nasty plastic ones, get ones made out of cloth/hessian. It really annoys me when I see people walking out of a supermarket with a packet of crisps and a can of coke in a plastic bag. It's just pathetic thoughtlessness.

 

It will also stop tillers from automatically putting your stuff in a bag, even when you don't want them to. Just as pathetically thoughtless and annoying. I've even had people do it when I have asked them not to! I've just bought some crisps and a sandwich, I am going outside to eat them immediately - why do I want them putting in a bag?!

[DJMadness29]

We've had it in Wrexham for a while now. Doesn't really make much difference. If you're only getting something small then you end up carrying it, anything bigger you just end up collecting bags for life. Sure i've got about a thousand of them in me car

[Walker]

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

 

Absolutely right! People using a plastic bag to carry a sandwich etc, just hold the thing!

[I am Rod Hull]

Joe Public getting their pants pulled down again I see.....

 

Funny how everything you buy from these large supermarkets is wrapped in plastic, tin or cardboard, but they dont mention that do they. Environmental impact on waterborne animals my arse 

 

Dont be weak and fall for this shizzle, its a con.

[21st Century Fox]

Someone needs to invent a tie with pockets so you carry your shopping home around your neck.

[I am Rod Hull]

Someone needs to invent a tie with pockets so you carry your shopping home around our neck.

 

What a twonk...

[Rincewind]

I don't wear ties cuz I am a slob.

 

I paid 6p for my Aldi bag. It's a good strong one tho.

[Kyle_Le_Don]

I'm gonna collect a shit load and take me own in

[Jon the Hat]

Joe Public getting their pants pulled down again I see.....

Funny how everything you buy from these large supermarkets is wrapped in plastic, tin or cardboard, but they dont mention that do they. Environmental impact on waterborne animals my arse

Dont be weak and fall for this shizzle, its a con.

Pathetic isn't it. Billions of tons of unnecessary packaging and not even a question.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

Someone needs to invent a tie with pockets so you carry your shopping home around your neck.

 

Or...

 

[Raj]

They should charge £5 per plastic bag...that would make people take their own!

[Rincewind]

Why can't you donate your old bags to the supermarkets? Charity shops accept them. I just forget to take plastic bags out with me sometimes. I buy on the whim. And yes I am guilty of having a bag for two items. It is so I can leave quickly without fumbling stacking my stronger bag. Also I don't like walking past security with loose items. I nearly always take the receipt too for this reason.

[The People's Hero]

I recycle them myself by using them for rubbish or taking bits and pieces to work or the charity shop etc. Dont mind paying 5p a bag. Won't break the bank. Won't deter people from having them.

[Orkneyfox]

Pathetic isn't it. Billions of tons of unnecessary packaging and not even a question.

Not so. there are complex regulations about packaging and if you have an annual turnover of more than £2 million and handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging a year you are required to meet the producer obligations under the packaging regulations. You will also have recycling obligations if you own the packaging on which you perform an activity and supply it to someone else or if you import packaging.

These oblige larger businesses to recycle as much as they can - see Environment agency website foe the detail which you now no doubt all crave!

[Rincewind]

I put my rubbish in them too. I don't have a lot so just transfer them to the black bags or straight in the bin. I should put a couple in my shopping bag really or coat pocket but in the summer there are no pockets in T shirts. I will in my winter coats.

Does seem a bit much charging for a bag when you are going to put twice or three times as much packaging inside it.

Not bothered about paying 5p but probably would cut down. When I go to a meeting on Tuesdays at Apex I sometimes go in a shop opposite to get a sandwhich and can of drink and am given a bag. I only have to go a short distance but if I had to pay I'd manage.

[Zingari]

I care deeply about the the environment .

i just stuff the shopping straight into my pockets. I often forget to pay for it though. 

I'm such a dizzy ol' booger sometimes. 

[The God Emperor]

I care deeply about the the environment .

i just stuff the shopping straight into my pockets. I often forget to pay for it though. 

I'm such a dizzy ol' booger sometimes. 

to save the carbon footprint of the vans driving to the actual shop I just take what I need of the back of the van

[Trav Le Bleu]

Someone needs to invent a tie with pockets so you carry your shopping home around your neck.

 

 

What a twonk...

 

The perfect name for a tie with pockets in!

 

"Look at that man's twonk!"

 

"There's a clever guy who's putting his twonk to full use!"

 

"I really like your twonk, where did you get it?"

 

"This is the three pocket twonk sir, but for the gentleman with the longer back we do a four pocket twonk."