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Say NO to plastic bags
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Is it really that difficult for supermarkets to switch to paper bags? It's the norm here in Switzerland. They cost about 2 francs (£1) each and we only need to buy a new one once every other month. They are very strong and some have survived a weekly shopping trip for almost a year! Just common-sense really.'We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. '
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The tesco offer is a dud, you only get the points if you reuse a bag, if you dont use a bag (I use a blue Ikea bag for my shopping) you get nothingOnly one Debt left and thats the Mortgage
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I bought some of the Tesco's Bags For Life, one split getting it out of the car :-( They seem flimsier than the normal bags, how carp?Joe
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One or two plastic bags are handy for keeping goods dry in wet weather and lining bins, but we're all offered far more bags than we can possibly use. Most are either incinerated or end up in land-fill.
This is an appalling waste of resources. With oil prices soaring, plastic is too valuable to bury or burn. The energy consumed replacing the vast quantities of plastic that is destroyed, must also be taken into account. IMO, we need an eco-tax on plastic carrier bags like they have in Ireland. Shoppers would soon revert to shopping bags, if they had to pay for a plastic carrier.
Meanwhile, I carry cotton bags with me everywhere. The slogan on the sides:
"Think Green. Give plastic the sack"People who don't know their rights, don't actually have those rights.0 -
Moggles wrote:Meanwhile, I carry cotton bags with me everywhere. The slogan on the sides:
"Think Green. Give plastic the sack"
Organic cotton I hope?Joe
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Naturally.People who don't know their rights, don't actually have those rights.0
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Thought I'd recycle this thread and highlight a Tesco/Cath Kidston initiative to use less carrier bags. I like the fact they've made these bags out of recycled plastic bottles, and 50p goes to Marie Curie
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Our local coop is now charging 3p for a carrier bag0
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