Tesco free Carrier Bags - grrrrrr

pimento

looby75 wrote: »

not everyone has a car!

There are times I'm out somewhere and call into a supermarket on my way home to pick up a few bits but don't have a bag with me. How am I supposed to carry them on the bus?

Like I said, I have a bag that folds up and goes into my handbag. Holds loads.

pimento

sam.4000 wrote: »

Have thought of some suggestions:
-Use you umbrella unside down
-take bits of string and tie the items together to make it easier to carry
-use clothing that you are wearing- take the jumper off and tie the arms together and hey presto a bag but becareful of the head hole (but could use a newspaper at the bottom to prevent things falling out). Although please make sure you have t- shirt or shirt underneath before trying this one
- borrow someones dog they might be able to carry something
- shoes - can be used to carry loose fruit or small items

Yeah, OK...

andyrules

ChefBungle wrote: »

Tesco carrier bags are now biodegradable (previous ones weren't fully), hence the reason they feel a bit thinner and slightly different.

It may well be a bit of gentle encouragement to get us to use reusable carrier bags/jute bags if the free carrier bags are naff.

Personally, I don't think there's any need for free carrier bags - the majority of them only end up in landfill because people are too lazy to either (a) use reusable bags (b) take free carrier bags back to the store for recycling.

I reckon they should either be withdrawn completely or a minimum charge of 10p levied per bag.

Yes, mine end up in landfill as binliners!

I don't, for one minute, believe the current trend is any more than half-hearted box-ticking. If the government were serious about waste they would tackle the unnecessary extra packaging employed by greedy manufacturers to get us to buy multipacks.

It isn't bags that are the problem.

jackieb

ellay864 wrote: »

One of the Tescos near me has gone for the ridiculously thin bags so the other day when I ended up popping in unexpectedly (and hence without my own bags) I used double the number I would have done. Also when I do have my own bags even the allegedly refurbished self serve checkouts wont allow me to recognise my own bag so an assistant has to come and sort it out or it tells me there's an unpected item....a store that has always promoted use of own bags finds it unexpected when that's just what I try to do!!!

Do what I do when i'm on the self-service tills and have my own bags. I put something heavy (like milk) in my bag before putting it down on the packing/weighing bit. Then it doesn't seem to recognise my bag as an unexpected item. Then I do the same with the next bag.

I_luv_cats

Been shopping at Morrisons and Iceland this week and their bags are bliss!!! No shopping on the paving slabs!!!!!!!

I just think Tesco should give out free bags that do the job or not bother at all!!!!

dizziblonde

jackieb wrote: »

Do what I do when i'm on the self-service tills and have my own bags. I put something heavy (like milk) in my bag before putting it down on the packing/weighing bit. Then it doesn't seem to recognise my bag as an unexpected item. Then I do the same with the next bag.

I've been known to stand and argue with those automated tills in quite an animated fashion (had the woman behind me in the queue in fits of laughter). These days when they try to direct me to them I'm a bit @rsey and reply that, "No I'd rather be served by a human." (Our local library has gone self-service now and I hate hate hate hate hate it)

glicky

ChefBungle wrote: »

Tesco carrier bags are now biodegradable (previous ones weren't fully), hence the reason they feel a bit thinner and slightly different.

It may well be a bit of gentle encouragement to get us to use reusable carrier bags/jute bags if the free carrier bags are naff.

Personally, I don't think there's any need for free carrier bags - the majority of them only end up in landfill because people are too lazy to either (a) use reusable bags (b) take free carrier bags back to the store for recycling.

I reckon they should either be withdrawn completely or a minimum charge of 10p levied per bag.

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drumajo

Hi all,

Although these bags are bio-degradable (eg they break down naturally) - this really isn't the case when they're buried in the landfill and deprived of air and water. Therefore, they are as much of a pollutant that the original thicker bags.....it's all a big con. Most plastics will still be fully recognisable in landfills in thousands of years to come.

custardy

Ive never understood why the dont offer paper bags
eg if i have the car then i can put the bags in the boot and into the house just fine with paper bags

juno

custardy wrote: »

Ive never understood why the dont offer paper bags
eg if i have the car then i can put the bags in the boot and into the house just fine with paper bags

They have a larger carbon footprint