5p bag charge - your views

Big_Graeme

PennyForThem wrote: »

This works in Wales and N Ireland and Scotland

It does but there should be a standardisation of the rules.

Big_Graeme

KxMx wrote: »

re-use the free ones as bin liners.

You are not re-using them, you are just throwing them away with something in them.

There should be no need to line a bin with plastic, there are many bins on the market that you can clean out.

Timpu

A big thumbs up to Ocado who delivered to us yesterday evening. As usual, we quickly unpacked our bags and returned them there and then to the driver. This morning I received an email adjusting our bill down by 30p in respect of the returned bags. Well done on having things running in advance of 5 Oct Ocado.

stephen77

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

at the self scan, the machine will ask how many bags used, relies on customer honesty, but the assistant is usually hovering about watching, would you get a name for stealing a 5p carrier bag?

It will be a similar level of honesty as people who do not swipe all the items they put in there bag.

System

Deleted_User wrote: »

I was in Asda last night and all the self serve checkouts had no bags bar one bundle that was getting passed amongst the tills, but they were those useless tiny bags. I walked away with my shopping in 6 of those that would have just taken 2 of the normal size bags. People were complaining all over.

This sort of thing !!!!es me off and gives me even more reason not to shop at the big four. The law doesn't start until Monday, so why do they see the need to force it upon everyone before then. If I had known they had taken all the bags away I would have come with my own bags. Just a dirty underhand way to get people to buy bags for life even before the law comes in.

They could have ran out of bags.

Mr_Singleton

MSE_Helen wrote: »

From 5 October, supermarkets in England will charge 5p for carrier bags.

To confirm.... if I buy a pair of trousers in John Lewis will they charge for the bag or is it just large grocery shops?

Nick_C

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

To confirm.... if I buy a pair of trousers in John Lewis will they charge for the bag or is it just large grocery shops?

If its a plastic bag, they must charge for it. If its a paper bag, and you are in England, it can be free.

A._Badger

Big_Graeme wrote: »

You are not re-using them, you are just throwing them away with something in them.

There should be no need to line a bin with plastic, there are many bins on the market that you can clean out.

And in so doing probably do just as much 'environmental damage' through heating the water, the use of a detergent cleaner (or worse) and so on.

There has has been a complete loss of any sense of proportion over this move.

MysteryMe

PennyForThem wrote: »

This works in Wales and N Ireland and Scotland

Wake up - use a hessian bag or two. Cannot see the problem except that ppl do not think ahead/are totally selfish

When the bag charge was introduced in those countries there were threads on this board along the same lines as this one. It is not hard to do a forum search to brig up threads from people in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.


I'm not sure why some people are finding it so hard to understand that people who do not live in those countries will want to comment in the same way as those who do did when it was new to them.

Old_Git

In Northern Ireland we are charged for most bags ,paper and plastic .
There are a few exceptions such as the dry cleaners and the chippy .
Small shops charge for them as well .The bag usage here had dropped by 72% .Can England match that .