Lack of publicity over England's shops charging 5p a bag

KxMx

Nick_C wrote: »

Thanks for that. I rarely go into Poundland, but will check for these. I think it would be useful to have my own supply of carriers in the car for when I buy more than I expect to or forget to take the bags for life.

Poundworld, not Poundland

Have only seen standard pedal bin liners in the latter but yours may have something different.

Rotti

KxMx wrote: »

Future tip: the vast majority of retailers (with exceptions such as Asda who can be very cryptic over offer end dates) display the offer end date within the shelf edge label.

You just have to learn what to look out for ie 2 6 digit numbers with a hyphen is usually the start date/ end date or 1 6 digit number such as 311015 would mean the offer runs out on the 31st October 2015.

Some even helpfully have a "display until x" x being the offer end date.

I did um and ah for a while as to whether to leave it till the big shop and know how the shelf edge codes work BUT and it's a big but, our local "super" store is not very good at keeping the shelves filled, especially with offer items, and knowing my luck if I'd left it the shelves would have been empty. And today when I did my big shop they were so the juggling act was worth it. Picked up two more carrier bags today on our walk so the stash is growing steadily!

Lord_Baltimore

Napoleon famously said the the English were a nation of shopkeepers. Of course despite this derogatory remark, he always kept a bag for life inside his tunic which he clung onto for safety:


Surely 27 pages of whining is enough?

peter_the_piper

Well the bag for life in his coat did not work very well did it?

Lord_Baltimore

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Well the bag for life in his coat did not work very well did it?

My point is that paying 5p for a plastic bag, or not if you choose to easily avoid the charge, is a trivial matter that has been adopted throughout the rest of the UK with success and without all this consternation.

I mean, come on, it's just a nominal charge for something people can easily do without .

Pollycat

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

My point is that paying 5p for a plastic bag, or not if you choose to easily avoid the charge, is a trivial matter that has been adopted throughout the rest of the UK with success and without all this consternation.

I mean, come on, it's just a nominal charge for something people can easily do without .

I thought the point of your post was to amuse other posters.

I certainly thought it was funny.

Nick_C

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

My point is that paying 5p for a plastic bag, or not if you choose to easily avoid the charge, is a trivial matter that has been adopted throughout the rest of the UK with success and without all this consternation.

I mean, come on, it's just a nominal charge for something people can easily do without .

The Scots and Welsh tend to be socialist. England tends to be conservative. Its not just the 5p, it's nanny state needlessly interfering in our personal liberties. It goes against English values.

It's also merely paying lip service to environmental issues. It will make no significant impact to improving the environment.

sheramber

Well, we no longer have discarded carrier bags littering the environment. That must be an improvement.

Lord_Baltimore

Pollycat wrote: »

I thought the point of your post was to amuse other posters.

I certainly thought it was funny.

Indeed it was intended to amuse but there was an intentionally serious sting in the tail .

Nick_C wrote: »

The Scots and Welsh tend to be socialist. England tends to be conservative. Its not just the 5p, it's nanny state needlessly interfering in our personal liberties. It goes against English values .

It's also merely paying lip service to environmental issues. It will make no significant impact to improving the environment.

A curious generalisation but, look, if you feel nannied make a stand on something of significance. English values are embedded in the creativity of the steam engine, penicillin, the world wide web, the cure for smallpox, stainless steel, stem cell transplant, Newton's laws, football, rugby, cricket, tennis, the jet engine, hovercraft....etc

I mean, the injustice of having to pay a shilling for a plastic bag should be beneath you .

Castle

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

A curious generalisation but, look, if you feel nannied make a stand on something of significance. English values are embedded in the creativity of the steam engine, penicillin, the world wide web, the cure for smallpox, stainless steel, stem cell transplant, Newton's laws, football, rugby, cricket, tennis, the jet engine, hovercraft....etc

I mean, the injustice of having to pay a shilling for a plastic bag should be beneath you .

James Watt invented the steam engine and Alexander Fleming invented Penicillin; both were Scottish.:)