which shops charge for carrier bags?

sarah1972

thatguy1 wrote: »

They definitely do charge 1p per bag in England!

I guess they don't charge in Scotland?

They dont definitely charge 1p in England, my local one DEFINITELY doesnt

Chocmonster7

When I was in WHSmiths in Darlington a couple of weeks back they were telling people they only had the 20p resuable bags. Don't know if that was just a stocking issue with them on that day though.

I don't mind providing a bag for most things but I refuse to put new clothes into a reuseable bag as I want them to get home in a decent condition especially if I've spent quite a bit of money on them!

As Sheeps68 mentioned I'd also have to buy bin bags which means the actual amount of waste wouldn't be cut at all.

sarah1972

Chocmonster7 wrote: »

When I was in WHSmiths in Darlington a couple of weeks back they were telling people they only had the 20p resuable bags. Don't know if that was just a stocking issue with them on that day though.

I don't mind providing a bag for most things but I refuse to put new clothes into a reuseable bag as I want them to get home in a decent condition especially if I've spent quite a bit of money on them!

As Sheeps68 mentioned I'd also have to buy bin bags which means the actual amount of waste wouldn't be cut at all.

My bin bags hold the equivalent of 5 or 6 carrier bags before they go in the wheelie bin so in my opinion the waste would be cut dramatically especially as I buy bio degradeable bin bags. (http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/990227_d2w_Degradable_Swing_Bin_Liners__15.html)

1 bio degradeable bin bag is better than 5 or 6 carrier bags going into a landfill

elfen

Cex have small paper bags for free, and the bigger plastic bags are free if you buy a big thing, but I think they charge a nomimal amount if it's small enough for a paper bag and you want plastic (at least the one in Southampton tried charging me for one)

Torry_Quine

thatguy1 wrote: »

They definitely do charge 1p per bag in England!

I guess they don't charge in Scotland?

sarah1972 wrote: »

They dont definitely charge 1p in England, my local one DEFINITELY doesnt

Chocmonster7 wrote: »

When I was in WHSmiths in Darlington a couple of weeks back they were telling people they only had the 20p resuable bags. Don't know if that was just a stocking issue with them on that day though.

I don't mind providing a bag for most things but I refuse to put new clothes into a reuseable bag as I want them to get home in a decent condition especially if I've spent quite a bit of money on them!

As Sheeps68 mentioned I'd also have to buy bin bags which means the actual amount of waste wouldn't be cut at all.

Hi everyone.

I really didn't want to start an arguement merely point out that WHSmith does not charge here for its bags. I was in a store today and asked for a bag and wasn't charged. Can we leave it there please.