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

Takeaway_Addict

teddysmum wrote: »

I have noticed very few doing so. Most at my locals have their own bags, dump from trolley to car or, like me, take one of the empty display boxes, which are more robust than carrier bags anyway.


What annoys me is that we will now have to pay out anyway and still use plastic. You pay 5p for a carrier bag which can rarely be used more than once, as it's so flimsy, or buy liners for outside bins or pedal bins. An alternative being going out to the bin several times a day (not good in bad weather or if you are infirm).

It stops people from being lazy to making that small effort to do as you say, ie bring a bag etc.

It's worked very well in Wales, a 70% reduction I believe in 2 years of plastic bag use.

sparky0138

I wonder how they'll police this on the self-service tills. Also, people that have their groceries home delivered are going to be in for a big shock because those packers like to use one bag for about four items.

custardy

sparky0138 wrote: »

I wonder how they'll police this on the self-service tills. Also, people that have their groceries home delivered are going to be in for a big shock because those packers like to use one bag for about four items.

It already exists in Scotland. generally no big piles of bags available as it is now.

JReacher1

sparky0138 wrote: »

I wonder how they'll police this on the self-service tills. Also, people that have their groceries home delivered are going to be in for a big shock because those packers like to use one bag for about four items.

Self service in particular self scan rely on a level of trust between customer and store. The customer will be expected to say how many bags they have used and pay accordingly.

Some people will take advantage but I would guess (and hope) only a small number of people are prepared to steal a 5p carrier bag

hollydays

ScarletMarble wrote: »

You will be surprised on how thick customers can be! Customers have blamed my shop for increasing the cost of the local rag by 10p. Its the same bloody cost if you buy it from a corner shop to the 110,000sq ft Tesco in the county.

And staff.
I asked my local co-op when they would be charging for bags- he didn't know anything about it.

The next day another assistant asked did I want bags. I said no. He gave me three

pinkshoes

So many French supermarkets don't bother to even stock plastic bags at the til, and it has been like that for years.

It's 5p, which is nothing compared to the money people squander on junk.

I carry a couple of material bags round with me that fold up teeny tiny. if I forget them, I will pay the 5p.

The people that rant about this 5p charge must either be disorganised or have dull lives and nothing better to rant about.

barmonkey

You wont be charged for plastic bags that are:

for uncooked fish and fish products
for uncooked meat, poultry and their products
for unwrapped food for animal or human consumption - for example, chips, or food sold in containers not secure enough to prevent leakage during normal handling
for unwrapped loose seeds, flowers, bulbs, corns, rhizomes (roots, stems and shoots, such as ginger) or goods contaminated by soil (such as potatoes or plants)
for unwrapped blades, including axes, knives, and knife and razor blades
for prescription medicine
for live aquatic creatures in water
woven plastic bags
for goods in transport, such as at an airport or on a train, plane or ship
considered as sealed packaging for mail order and click-and-collect orders (regardless of handles)
returnable multiple reuse bags (bags for life)
used to give away free promotional material
used for a service but there’s no sale of goods, such as dry cleaning or shoe repairs

There will be so much confusion in the first few weeks

System

For those that are worried about cross contamination with raw meat and cleaning stuff with other food, get two different bags. One for meat, one for cleaning stuff. Using a red or orange bag for meat and a blue one for cleaning stuff.

Bogof_Babe

Sales of pedal bin liners will rocket!

I'm not looking forward to the state of the communal wheely bins at our flats. Six flats share two large bins, and most people double wrap their rubbish in carrier bags when their kitchen bin is full, and pop it into the wheely bins when they go out. Now I'll have to either buy bin liners or use black bin bags, but instead of disposing of my rubbish every couple of days I'll be waiting until the black sack is full, so tripping over it in my small kitchen.

I understand the principle of not automatically doling out carrier bags, but most people nowadays do think about whether they need one, and more often than not say no thanks. Therefore if someone says yes please, shouldn't that be taken as a genuine reason to issue one?

Plastic bottles of milk make bags damp and soggy, as do frozen foods (not sure if these are exempt?). I'll happily carry around nylon re-usable bags (even though the handles are thin and dig into my hands when there's the slightest bit of weight in them), but it would be nice to know free bags were available when there is a valid reason.

System

Buying frozen food is not one of those exceptions. Get a frozen bag or use one bag specific for this.

Or use any bag and when you get home, dry the bag inside out in the airing cupboard