Tesco's remove plastic food bags

letsbehonest

Tesco's selling loose apples no plastic bag but put the price up!!

owen_money

They are also selling plastic bags* with no apples in them, and again the price has gone up. Scandalous.

*sandwich bags

Simby

Terrible how dare they try to help the planet

SnowTiger

letsbehonest wrote: »

Tesco's selling loose apples no plastic bag but put the price up!!

Is this a change of policy?

Last month...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7422527/Tesco-says-WONT-joining-supermarkets-phasing-plastic-bags-loose-fruit-veg.html:

Tesco has said it will continue using plastic bags rather than paper ones for loose fruit, vegetables and bakery items - sparking a backlash from green-conscious shoppers.

It's all for show, as the environmental stuff usually is.

Supermarkets sell fruit and veg that's prepackaged in plastic.

Prepacked apples in plastic: Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys.

maninthestreet

My local sainsburys has done away with plastic bags, replacing them with net bags made from recycled plastic.

boo_star

SnowTiger wrote: »

It's all for show, as the environmental stuff usually is.

Supermarkets sell fruit and veg that's prepackaged in plastic.

Prepacked apples in plastic: Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys.

The cost of putting things in paper bags (as far as CO2 footprint goes) is higher for paper bags than plastic ones, but paper bags don't have the issue of "microplastics."

Seems to me that it's six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Fosterdog

I just buy as much of my fruit and veg loose as I can, never have a problem when I don't individually bag them

SevenOfNine

maninthestreet wrote: »

My local sainsburys has done away with plastic bags, replacing them with net bags made from recycled plastic.

..........& charging 30p for them.

The customer in front of me had stuffed all his fruit/veg in ONE. Poor checkout girl had to get the spring onions, leek, 2 apples, 2 pears & 3 tomatoes out, weigh/scan, then wait as he put them all back in.

I think he was making a point.

pollypenny

maninthestreet wrote: »

My local sainsburys has done away with plastic bags, replacing them with net bags made from recycled plastic.

Yes, at 30p each!

Anyone buying their week's fruit and vegetables could see a big bill. How many will remember to wash and take them again.

Paper bags would be recyclable.

peter_the_piper

maninthestreet wrote: »

My local sainsburys has done away with plastic bags, replacing them with net bags made from recycled plastic.

Our one has also done this but most of the fruit and veg are already in bloody cellophne which cant be reused.

hollydays

letsbehonest wrote: »

Tesco's selling loose apples no plastic bag but put the price up!!

Be careful.You might lose your loose apples.
'Tis discrimination.
What about the other fruit and veg?:(