02-11-2014, 06:10 PM
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Re: 5p bag
Originally Posted by Mags
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Many years ago, before the age of supermarkets, people always took their own shopping bag/s when shopping. Shops used paper bags or sheets of paper to wrap around loose products. Free plastic bags have made us lazy and are a litter problem, it doesn't cost a lot to buy a purposeful bag and take it with you every time you need to shop.Far better for the environment too
02-11-2014, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by alice76
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But what if we forget to take the bag - do we just juggle our food on the way home 
02-11-2014, 07:02 PM
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Been too long in coming! The amount of bags hanging from trees and cluttering the roadside is a disgrace - if we're doing any amount of shopping in the car, an Ikea bag is perfect and for every day bits I always take my own bag.I know people who are actually stockpiling carrier bags in order to delay for themselves the day when they have to pay for them!!
I hope all their bags split on the way home! 
02-11-2014, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by comeandgo
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Well if you are silly enough to forget to take a bag when you go shopping you will have to do just that!
02-11-2014, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by cranberry
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Been too long in coming! The amount of bags hanging from trees and cluttering the roadside is a disgrace - if we're doing any amount of shopping in the car, an Ikea bag is perfect and for every day bits I always take my own bag.I know people who are actually stockpiling carrier bags in order to delay for themselves the day when they have to pay for them!!
I hope all their bags split on the way home!
. Gawd, i'd never be that miserable i'd be stockpiling carrier bags. That's for someone needing a life!
02-11-2014, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Nom
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They are not free Mags, do you think the supermarkets dont factor in the cost of providing them already, extra cost is just another stealth tax in my opinion.
02-11-2014, 08:45 PM
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We've had the 5p bag charge for years now in Wales. People do remember to take their bags when they shop - or you can usually find a cardboard box to pop a few items in if you forget. The shops do not profit from the 5p charge, they donate it to a charity (and usually display somewhere in the shop how much they have donated over the year). I'm just miffed that I now have to buy bags to line bins...................02-11-2014, 09:05 PM
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When I lived in South Africa carrier bags were recycled in all sorts of interesting ways, rain hats, cut into strips to crochet rugs & knit things, amazing how resourceful people with little money can be!In one town near here they're putting a bin in the car park of a music venue to collect old video tapes to re-cycle into furniture etc for the venue.
I put my rubbish in old carriers instead of black bags, use the little ones from the chemists etc. as dog poo bags and if I forget to take a shopping bag I put my groceries in the boot & then into my shopping trolley when I get home, I have to park some distance away from home.
03-11-2014, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Mags
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So, Nom, if that's the case we should expect a small reduction in supermarket prices once they implement the bag charge
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