[T*]

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cuda

Is that you agree or you don't agree?

[Marsh.]

Yet when we get home deliveries they've packed the shopping practically 1 bag per item almost.

If they wanted to be environmentally friendly, they would get rid of them altogether.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Yet when we get home deliveries they've packed the shopping practically 1 bag per item almost.

If they wanted to be environmentally friendly, they would get rid of them altogether.

Really? I've never had my shopping delivered thought it came in reusable crate things?
They will have to re think that then.

[Josy]

Never had shopping delivered in bags it's always in plastic boxes that they take away with them again.

[Marsh.]

Maybe it depends on the supermarket?

Ours is carried to the door in crates that they take away but all the shopping in the crate is packed into bags and none of them are anywhere near full.

We had a kitchen cupboard overflowing with them until my mother gave them all to the driver during one delivery.

[rk3388]

Originally Posted by reece(:

I think it's a stupid rule, they're doing anything for extra money in their pockets these days.

It's not about the money....
It's about the environmental impact the bags are having in the world! If anything they should bump up the price even higher!

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by rk3388

It's not about the money....
It's about the environmental impact the bags are having in the world! If anything they should bump up the price even higher!

..I just think they should stop producing them completely/ban them and don't give people the option to buy them otherwise it does feel a bit like 'you can ruin the environment for a price..'...

[T*]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Is that you agree or you don't agree?

I don't agree.

[Verbal]

This has been law in Wales for years. About time you English caught up.

[Sam:)]

Originally Posted by Cuda

I don't agree.

I thought that initially when it came here but it actually makes sense. You don't get people taking a bag for the sake of it.. I mean if you bought a carton of milk they used to give you a bag.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by rk3388

It's not about the money....
It's about the environmental impact the bags are having in the world! If anything they should bump up the price even higher!

True.

''A MARINE expert has warned the vast quantities of plastics littering the UK’s oceans are not only a danger to sea life but could also threaten humans.


Paul Rose, who presented BBC Two’s recent series Oceans, said plastic waste is an increasing problem and fears it could be having an impact on the food chain.

He said: “I’ve been diving the world’s oceans for over 40 years – and plastic waste is an increasing problem. It’s out there in the ecosystem, getting into the food chain, harming wildlife. And as a ‘top of the food chain’ predator myself, goodness knows what it might be doing to me.”

Mr Rose has visited Scarborough, Bempton, near Bridlington, and Newcastle for a BBC Inside Out programme to be broadcast this evening.

Up to 70 per cent of marine litter is plastic, with the vast majority of waste coming from the land. As plastic waste breaks down, it is consumed by fish, shellfish and birds with often dire consequences.

Mr Rose said: “In its raw form plastic is moved around the globe (on ships) as billions of tiny pellets that will be remoulded at a later date. And when these items find their way into our oceans you can see how easy it is for a fish or bird to mistake them for a tasty snack.”

The programme includes a visit to the UK’s biggest mainland gannet colony at Bempton where the birds have learnt to live with the waste, lining their nests with netting and ropes.

New European directives on marine waste are being introduced in 2016 but a study in Newcastle has shown this could come too late for some animals. The programme visits the Dove Marine Laboratory, near Newcastle, to illustrate the devastating effect plastic waste is having on bird populations.''

[Mrluvaluva]

I recall them doing this many years ago when I was in London. I think places like Asda must have trialed this but nothing ever came of it. It did then get me into a habit of taking my own bags with me when shopping and I have done so for many years now. It's no hardship.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

They introduced this in Ireland years ago, seems to work quite well. Marks and Spencer have also charged for plastic bags (except the really small ones) in their food halls for a few years now.

They let the price creep up though as they do, it's 70c in Dunnes for a bag now, still though it does make you bring bags with you when you go shopping so I guess it's a good thing, just a bollox when you forget to bring them!

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

They let the price creep up though as they do, it's 70c in Dunnes for a bag now, still though it does make you bring bags with you when you go shopping so I guess it's a good thing, just a bollox when you forget to bring them!

what for one light plastic bag! I always go out shopping without bags when I go home, here i keep mine in the boot so I don't forget. Will give Dunnes a swerve then for food shopping.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Josy

Never had shopping delivered in bags it's always in plastic boxes that they take away with them again.

Yeah same. We have it all in those crates and empty them and give them back. Though my mum did pinch one of them once

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

what for one light plastic bag! I always go out shopping without bags when I go home, here i keep mine in the boot so I don't forget. Will give Dunnes a swerve then for food shopping.

No, the bag for life ones, they don't even sell the light ones anymore

[waterhog]

bad idea - next they will be charging us for the air we breath - don't you feel we pay over the odds for our shopping anyway ?

[smudgie]

I can actually remember the time we went to the shops with shopping bags or trollies.

At the moment it is optional as to if you get food packed in bags or not on home deliveries.
I have had it sent without, rang up to complain and had the delivery charges waived.

I use the bags as bin liners in the kitchen.


If we go to little shops or the market we always take our own bags.
Some lovely bags out there nowadays.