Plastic bag use has plummeted in England

[MHz]

They first stared that here about 20-25 years ago, at 2-3 cents
a bag....started in the SuperStores....saving the planet & all that.

First time they tried to charge me for bags, I told them, "Not a
chance" & argued. That got me no place but gave me time to
think things through. I had about 10 items, so I said, "Fine, I'll take
200 bags then!" Then they where arguing with me about not selling
me bags. Go figure...had the Cashier, & another, and three Managers
having a huddle at that Till.

The sold me my 200 bags for $4 or $6 or whatever, & told me they'd
only do that ONCE!! Told them "they're either selling them, or they
aren't. One or the other, but pick one."

I have dogs. One bag over the hand, & another to toss the poo into.
A lap once a day. I was set for more than 3 months with only $4-$6...
Still a steal at $0.05 per bag. Sixty bags is still only $3. Yard stays
clean. Everyone is a winner.

That is what I used them for, or in the kitchen in the small waste basket. Now there are so many 'coffee cups' laying around I just pick a few of them up as I'm walking the dog.

The bolded part was for wondering how you would like to do that to Canada Health over a few things they promote that are flat out wrong and actually dangerous to the people they are supposed to be protecting. Money for nothing as far I have found out.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Plastic bags brought you by Koch Bros

I thought that they are plastic bag deniers.

 

[JLM]

5p! That's 10¢!

Nuts to that. Hoots, mon!

By the way, Walmart has just started charging for their (really crummy) bags. I'm sure that it has nothing to do with saving the planet. It's just that Sam Walton isn't making enough money, yet.

If you are careful with the bags you can reuse them. Not only are we in an era of waste but also destruction. (I know Safeway doesn't accept used bags for reuse, but then I don't shop there very often either)

 

[Blackleaf]

Well, aren't supermarkets there in the first place to make a profit? There is such a thing as biodegradable bags, I think they may be the answer and a charge of 10 p to produce them and protect the environment would be a stellar idea.

And that's why they now charge us 5 pence for a carrier bag.

If we're going to their stores to spend money on the products they are selling us they should have the common courtesy to provide us with free bags, as they did until last year, to put said bought items in. It's nothing to do with protecting the environment. It's just a scam to make more money.

5p! That's 10¢!

Nuts to that. Hoots, mon!

By the way, Walmart has just started charging for their (really crummy) bags. I'm sure that it has nothing to do with saving the planet. It's just that Sam Walton isn't making enough money, yet.

Five pence is nine Canadian cents.

 

[JLM]

If we're going to their stores to spend money on the products they are selling us they should have the common courtesy to provide us with free bags, as they did until last year, to put said bought items in. It's nothing to do with protecting the environment. It's just a scam to make more money.



Five pence is nine Canadian cents.

Out here in the colony there are a couple of types of stores, one that is full service and free bags that there is an extra cost for AND one where the groceries are cheaper and you bag your with bags that you either provide yourself or new ones you pay for. You have a choice..................a pretty democratic way to operate in my estimation. Not being totally decrepit...............yet, I generally opt for the latter.

 

[Curious Cdn]

If you are careful with the bags you can reuse them. Not only are we in an era of waste but also destruction. (I know Safeway doesn't accept used bags for reuse, but then I don't shop there very often either)

Every bag that comes into this house is re-used, somehow ... mostly for garbage, kitty litter, etc. The bags that our milk bags come in are woven into plastic mats for relief operations, around the world. Someone in our household made one a year or two back and we are donating them to someone in our local, church, right now.

 

[MHz]

As long as you aren't putting them over your shoes so you don't leave any DNA behind I suppose any purpose would be acceptable.

 

[Curious Cdn]

As long as you aren't putting them over your shoes so you don't leave any DNA behind I suppose any purpose would be acceptable.

What a great idea! Is that a Martha Stewart helpful hint?

 

[MHz]

No, that is what the assassins were wearing on their feet when my stepdaughter's boyfriend was almost killed. That he survived a slashed throat points to not being able to hire decent help I suppose. No need to get into the nitty-gritty details about the wilds of Alberta.

 

[Curious Cdn]

No, that is what the assassins were wearing on their feet when my stepdaughter's boyfriend was almost killed. That he survived a slashed throat points to not being able to hire decent help I suppose. No need to get into the nitty-gritty details about the wilds of Alberta.

Oh,there's a Royal Commission on Alberta "nitty-gritty" coming up.

 

[petros]

I thought that they are plastic bag deniers.

They saved the rainforests from being made into paper bags which freed up the paper for Tim's and Starbucks cups filled with coffee from slash and burn rainforest coffee plantations.

 

[MHz]

Oh,there's a Royal Commission on Alberta "nitty-gritty" coming up.

Not likely, I doubt they spent much time looking for the culprits, he wasn't a stellar member of the community and that is saying something about Rimby. Hillbillies is the appropriate word for that county.

They saved the rainforests from being made into paper bags which freed up the paper for Tim's and Starbucks cups filled with coffee from slash and burn rainforest coffee plantations.

Any way to sum that up for Ludlow??