5p bag scam

gayleygoo

spob wrote: »

Completely disagree with the 5p charge - I now have to spend more on my weekly shop, supermarkets don't lower the cost of other things and I have to buy more foodbags just to put in my kids lunch boxes to put their empty yoghurt pots in etc, so really im just spending more and not using any less plastic

Do they really need a plastic bag to put their yogurt pot in though? My kids' lunch boxes tend to come home covered in yogurt and sandwich leftovers, but they take less than 20 seconds to clean out after school, and they get a wash at the weekend. If you'd rather not do that, then it costs only 25p per week for the convienence. (Or, grab a few extra plastic produce bags in the vegetable section )

Hermia

gayleygoo wrote: »

Do they really need a plastic bag to put their yogurt pot in though? My kids' lunch boxes tend to come home covered in yogurt and sandwich leftovers, but they take less than 20 seconds to clean out after school, and they get a wash at the weekend. If you'd rather not do that, then it costs only 25p per week for the convienence. (Or, grab a few extra plastic produce bags in the vegetable section )

I am the same with my work lunch box. I just rinse the whole thing out each night and it air dries in no time. The other thing would be to buy cheap sandwich bags. I have a roll of 500 that I got from the pound shop a while back and they would be the perfect size for a yoghurt pot.

Sicard

I use either a backpack, or for a larger shop a wheeled canvas suitcase.

NBLondon

katejo wrote: »

I do use bags in the store where I bought them but sometimes wonder whether a staff member might accuse me of not having paid for it. If someone fails to scan a new bag on the self service till (and pay their 5p) does it set the alarm off when they leave the store?

Since mine have been folded into a coat pocket even the dimmest assistant should be able to see it's a re-used version. Mind you, would the system recognise if you paid for one bag and used 3? Probably not.

pappa_golf

Laurie_Sicard-Askey wrote: »

I use either a backpack, or for a larger shop a wheeled canvas suitcase.

I send my butler :rotfl:

theEnd

How many people in favour of the plastic bag tax, drive to the supermarket?

MacMickster

theEnd wrote: »

How many people in favour of the plastic bag tax, drive to the supermarket?

Not just drive to the supermarket, but do so in a car with more than a 1 litre engine - but they are really concerned about the environment because they don't use single-use bags.

Norman_Castle

theEnd wrote: »

How many people in favour of the plastic bag tax, drive to the supermarket?

The plastic bag tax is intended to reduce litter and waste.

theEnd

Norman_Castle wrote: »

The plastic bag tax is intended to reduce litter and waste.

The waste is meaningless. You did it up from the ground and put it back in.

The litter, fair enough, but not sure it was ever sold as that. If the upshot is to encourage more people to drive to the supermarket, then it's failed. Massively.

dragonsoup

My big and very old Sainsbury's bags for life are starting to look very tatty now but they are so much bigger and stronger than the ones they sell now that I shall have to continue using them in Waitrose until they fall apart. They'd have to offer me three of those nice hessian ones to replace just one of my old ( pre legislation) faithfuls.