Tesco's new carrier bags - lies!

pullenuk

Im not 100% fussed about reusing bags, expect for rubbish.

Reason?

Have you actually seen the amount of plastic your food is wrapped in? Seriously call the environment police when I use 30x the amount of plastic with the food I brought and I forgotten to reuse a bag???

OneYorkshireLass

Norman_Castle wrote: »

You can carry full shopping bags home, but carrying empty bags to the shops is a "battle"?

I get a bus there and go round most of the places I said, as I get out about once a month, go to Tesco last (so no walking round with heavy bags at all) and then a get taxi back right to the door and the driver helps me. Then I might sleep for the next 48 hours.
Hope that's ok with you ...

Shotgun_Rider

oldagetraveller wrote: »

I used to use a very large, strong bag at Tesco which was purpose manufactured to fit inside a trolley. They used to award about 5 or more "green" points for the trolley/bagful of shopping.
On the last occasion I used this bag I was given 1 point. When queried the checkout operator said Tesco had changed their policy to that of 1 point/bag.
So by using just this one bag, equivalent to about 6 of their supplied plastic versions, I was only entitled to 1 point!
As a result of this I've never used my own bag(s) at Tesco and use about 6 of theirs at every weekly shop.
Foot, shot in or what?:p
Yes, the new bags are rubbish. This means I now use more of them, doubling up etc..

You could say that you shot yourself in the foot, as 1 point was still better than nothing.

paddedjohn

I was in Macdonalds near Cardiff a few months ago and they tried to charge me 5p for a bag, the bags are made of brown paper !!!!!!.

tvbox

I cannot believe how brainless some people can be (not any of you, before you wonder!)

In some news articles and leaflets, they say "Carrier bags are used for 20 minutes before being thrown away"..

WHAT? Has it not occoured to people that you can use them to line bins? I can only imagine that it's those "busy people" with like 5 kids who don't give a hoot about the environment, or their pockets, and just throw their money away at bin liners.

I haven't bought a bin liner for years. I have never taken my own bag to Tesco (or any supermarket that gives free bags) either. I only take my own bags to lidle and Aldi who charge for bags. Though in this rate I could be taking my own bags to tesco as they can't even be used again as liners!!!

I have two sections in my plastic bag storage thingy

One with thin tesco and asda bags, for bin liners

And another with stronger bags, like Iceland and my local Indian/Chinese shops (the best bags, thick, strong and no holes), for reusing and storage.

Special bags like from department stores are kept under the bed to keep them straight, ready for carrying gifts.

And before you think "carrier bags are too small to line bins"- not in our house! After recycling, the amount of general waste we produce is minimal (mostly bloody food packaging)- so bin that 500L Brabantia Pedal Bin and line a smallish bin with a free carrier bag- it'll pay for itself!

And it is reusing- the bags have been used for two purposes. If you're really Eco Savvy, you could empty the bag when full and bring it back if it isn't dirty!

londonTiger

tvbox wrote: »

And it is reusing- the bags have been used for two purposes. If you're really Eco Savvy, you could empty the bag when full and bring it back if it isn't dirty!

yuck, thats goint to leave the wheely bin stinking really bad with all the bagless refuse inside

andyrules

Shotgun_Rider wrote: »

You could say that you shot yourself in the foot, as 1 point was still better than nothing.

But 6 binliners have to be worth more than one measly point.

kiss_me_now9

paddedjohn wrote: »

I was in Macdonalds near Cardiff a few months ago and they tried to charge me 5p for a bag, the bags are made of brown paper !!!!!!.

Interesting, here in North Wales you get the brown paper bags from McDonalds free because they're classed as a necessary item to carry food in.

ampersand

go_cat wrote: »

I am more peterbed that everyone can see what I have bought through the bags

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'perturbed'.

Couldn't initially understand your post.

pulliptears

I reuse carrier bags as recycling bags, they are usually filled with tins and plastic and as this is clean waste the bags can often be reused a few times.
I can use Ocado bags half a dozen times for this, and then bin them if they are in a state or hand them back to the driver to recycle. Easy.

New Tesco bags haven't got the strength to get my shopping through the front door so are immediately binned. No reuse, no recycling, just 100% pure shite.