which shops charge for carrier bags?

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  • Enterprise_1701C
    Enterprise_1701C Posts: 23,410 Forumite
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    I always have a bag with me, but what is it with stores that think it is more environmentally friendly to provide paper bags. In the first case they actually use more resources to produce, and secondly I have seen a lot of people having to replace the Primark carriers with plastic ones from another store because they have broken.

    I have never paid for a carrier bag, but surely a strong plastic bag that can be re-used umpteen times is better than a crummy paper bag that breaks before you get your goods home, meaning you then have to use a plastic bag donated by a sympathetic shop.
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  • Torry_Quine
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    skylight wrote: »
    W H Smith
    T K Maxx
    Marks and Spencer

    WH Smith don't charge here.
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  • nutty1
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    Torry_Quine wrote: »
    WH Smith don't charge here.
    they do charge its 1p
  • Torry_Quine
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    kathrynt wrote: »
    they do charge its 1p

    Sorry to contradict but they don't charge here!
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  • zerodashzero
    zerodashzero Posts: 183 Forumite
    Holland & Barrett charge for all bags. The got rid of all plastic bags at the start of the year & now have only paper and "bags for life" (cotton or jute).
  • sarah1972
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    vicki+1 wrote: »
    co op in england charge to

    My Co Op doesnt charge in Surrey.
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  • pstuart
    pstuart Posts: 668 Forumite
    T K Maxx in Bolton charge - but in Truro 'would you like a bag' - 'yes please but I'm not paying for one' - free bag!
  • appleblossom
    appleblossom Posts: 1,946 Forumite
    vicki+1 wrote: »
    co op in england charge to

    Ours started charging for about 2 days then scrapped it -whilst on the whole I do take my own bags, sometimes I pop into the shop just to get one or 2 things so don't have my bag but end up buying a basket full so on those occasions I do have to have a carrier bag.
  • appleblossom
    appleblossom Posts: 1,946 Forumite
    Torry_Quine wrote: »
    Sorry to contradict but they don't charge here!

    Sorry to contradict but they do charge here lol (1p)
  • thatguy1
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    Torry_Quine wrote: »
    Sorry to contradict but they don't charge here!

    They definitely do charge 1p per bag in England!

    I guess they don't charge in Scotland?
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