Tesco plastic bags - Vent!

fairtrade

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

I've been tempted to get a trolley for ages; does anyone know of anywhere cheaper than the Lakeland ones? QUOTE]

Amazon for £12, plain, black, foldable, follow this link :-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-plain-foldable-shopping-trolley/dp/B003USIHBS/ref=sr_1_50?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1282045311&sr=1-50

fluffnutter

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

I've been tempted to get a trolley for ages; does anyone know of anywhere cheaper than the Lakeland ones? Don't want tartan, just plain or non-embarrassing print...

Amazon do a few, from about £15. Tesco do one for £19. Another good place might be your local cobblers. Mine seems to sell loads of them. Shopping trolleys are cool, they've got that kitsch style about them and you can get some really nice prints now.

fluffnutter

A._Badger wrote: »

You do realise that's completely untrue, don't you?

Even the most ardent eco-loons only claim the amount of space in landfills taken by all plastics is between 25 and 30 percent. Platic shopping carriers are relatively insignificant as a proportion oif that total.

A completely unnecessary proportion. There are non-disposable alternatives (that don't split so readily and that's the point of this thread).

cyberbob

fluffnutter wrote: »

I'm amazed people are still using plastic carrier bags. They're one of the biggest contributors to land-fill,

That's a myth carrier bags only take up a really insignificant amount of space in landfill only about 0.3 percent. (figures published by the government)

The reason supermarkets and suppliers love to shout about it is it's an easy way of making it look like they are doing something when in fact what they are doing has little effect on environmental impact.

The materials that take up most in landfills are construction waste, wood and organic products.

I still agree that carrier bags need to be reduced due to the damage thrown away ones can do to marine and birdlife. But this myth that they take up so much space in landfill is ridiculous

MDE

Kind of back on the original topic. I split my shopping between Sainsburys and Tesco. I use the plastic bags from both which, whilst not being very eco friendly, means I then have a ready supply of bags to line small bins with, scoop the cat litter into (eww) and take my lunch to work in (not the same bags as the previous use, you understand!)
The Sainsburys bags are infinately better quality, but by the door of Tesco they have one of those "You say.... we say..." boards. One of the comments on it recently concerned how easily the Tesco bags split. The store had responded it was due to "new legislation which requires us to use biodegradable bags". Assuming that Sainsburys are also complying with this legislation, I do wonder why their bags are so much stronger!

Coopdivi

Just get a backpack. Like this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Borderline-Large-Litre-Hiking-Backpack/dp/B003Y2PVVY/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1282075675&sr=1-15

Or this

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/sport_and_leisure/luggage_and_sports_bags/115730791_rugged_gear_backpack_blue.html?hnav=4294960305

It's easy to carry your shopping when it's on your back and then you can fold the backpack up when you're done with it. Problem solved.

zenmaster

Alan Carr made me laugh (just the once - I think it was a mistake).

He said "I don't want a bag for life. I just want one that lasts long enough to make it across the car park and up the drive when I get home."

Tuttifruitty_Theresa

Although I normally use my own bags when shopping (for the green clubcard points) i do think it's daft that we buy bin liners because it's not pc to use carrier bags nowadays, at least in the old days the carrier bags were reused for different purposes. I also agree with the poster who said that if supermarkets were really bothered about green issues they would reduce their packaging.

I_luv_cats

fluffnutter wrote: »

Amazon do a few, from about £15. Tesco do one for £19. Another good place might be your local cobblers. Mine seems to sell loads of them. Shopping trolleys are cool, they've got that kitsch style about them and you can get some really nice prints now.

It is amazing how many people have them these days!! I thought you had to be of a certain age!!!

I paid £9 for mine from a luggage shop few months back. It's handy esp. @ Tesco with their scrappy bags!!

Sharon87

I_luv_cats wrote: »

It is amazing how many people have them these days!! I thought you had to be of a certain age!!!

I paid £9 for mine from a luggage shop few months back. It's handy esp. @ Tesco with their scrappy bags!!

I think they've become bigger what with the bags for life, so people are thinking, we don't need bags for life, we'll go back to the trolleys! But of course we don't want to look like old women, we'll get funky styles lol. My old housemate had one - a pink one. She used to take it to Aldi using the tube to stock up.