Asda charging for carrier bags?

custardy

QuackQuackOops wrote: »

We do not pay for the bags twice. After an introduction of 1p per bag some goods within the store are reduced or have delayed price increases.

Also, abandoning shopping and going elsewhere for the sake of a few pence is ridiculous. My time is worth more than 10p per hour or even half an hour if I shop quick.

where has that happened?
any links to that?
did M&S reduce their prices?

lemontart

carriers have been charged for in Ireland for years - some supermarkets such as aldi and lidl already charge - so not new here either - just a matter of time - tesco's already put the boxes out so you have that option to use instead of bags and get green points even though their bags are free.

Just a case of trying to remember the bags or not going mad when popping in for the odd item and end up filling the trolly when no bags to hand so to say

AnotherMakes3

My M&S charge for bags in the food bit and as others have said so do lidl and aldi. I would rather reuse my other bags than have new ones every time I shopped. Most other countries dont provide a lot of bags either. I'm sure in Australia they don't use plastic bags at all as if they get into the sea they can get tangled in the sea creatures. Less bags is less plastic which in turn is less crude oil which I'm sure we don't have unlimited supplies of.

tronator

passatrider wrote: »

I was in Asda earlier and noticed the lack of carrier bags on the self-service tills. I asked the assistant for some carriers but would only give me 1 at a time.
It transpires that Asda are going to start charging for carrier bags so they were rationing them. A bit bizzarre really!

Anyone heard this?:(

I wish every supermarket would charge people for bags. That would encourage them to bring their own and/or re-use old ones. ASDA announced doing that last year and did it for a while (was good as a headline in the news) but stopped doing it after a while. Good to see it back...

In other countries it is normal to pay for a carrier bag in every supermarket for years. And in some countries you even pay a deposit for plastic bottles and cans. So only a very small percentage ends up in landfills...

And how much do they charge for a normal bag, 3p or even less? Geez, people...

2010

lemontart wrote: »

carriers have been charged for in Ireland for years -

The bags are free in Ireland but there is a government tax on them.

Gillyx

tronator wrote: »

In other countries it is normal to pay for a carrier bag in every supermarket for years. And in some countries you even pay a deposit for plastic bottles and cans. So only a very small percentage ends up in landfills...

Yes in Germany I think it's 25cents on every bottle/can you buy. You take them back to the huge machines in the supermarkets and they weigh and crush them and they give you a receipt with the value of the deposit back to spend in store.

No bags either, even in clothes shops, you have to pay or provide your own.

Kitty_Ears

I'm confused why so many people are angry at having to pay for something that ruins the environment. I *hate* carrier bags, I have no use for them after we come home from the supermarket. I use my Cath Kidston shoppers, cool bag and my M&S 'flat bottomed' one and it's great. Treat yourselves to some 'trendy shoppers' and you'll never forget them!

valk_scot

I hate supermarket carrier bags. Use them for other things? They've got holes in the bottom, remember, and they disintegrate when you store things in them for a few months. No good for anything imho. So I have a selection of hessian type ones, a couple of fold up ones to keep in my handbag for emergencies and a couple of large strong flat bottomed plastic ones for bottles and heavy bits and bobs. If I need a bag for PE kit then I give the kids a Bag for Life...they're stronger anyway and don't have the pesky holes. Dog dirt? My local council gives out dog poo bags for free at their office, the leisure centre and libraries, or Tesco sell Value nappy bags for 11p per 100. (I don't actually have a dog but I still have to clean up the odd bit of muck from the public grass behind the house, where my kids play.)

Anyway, the big strong bags hold more, don't rip and are considerably easier to carry.

Kitty_Ears

We have a rabbit and use to use old carrier bags to empty out his litter tray. The holes in the bottom were the bane of my life! We use the nappy sacks too as they smell nice.

DCFC79

valk_scot wrote: »

I hate supermarket carrier bags. Use them for other things? They've got holes in the bottom, remember, and they disintegrate when you store things in them for a few months.

ive only had the 1 carrier bag disintegrate so far, and it had been lying there for about a year with something inside.