Asda - new systems not heling the environment

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lazer-zxr Posts: 446 Forumite
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We've used click and collect at the local Asda for some time.
This service has recently moved to an automated locker system.

Asda have advised that you cannot use "re-usable" bags with this system, and that all shopping will be in disposable plastic bags, which we will be charged for.

This isn't the kind of progress I want to see from big organisations.

Come on Asda, promote recycling and change your processes!
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  • K80_Black
    K80_Black Posts: 466 Forumite
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    They are stopping giving paper receipts with online orders though, which I am grateful for. Mine always goes straight into the recycling.
  • VfM4meplse
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    lazer-zxr wrote: »
    We've used click and collect at the local Asda for some time.
    This service has recently moved to an automated locker system.

    Asda have advised that you cannot use "re-usable" bags with this system, and that all shopping will be in disposable plastic bags, which we will be charged for.

    This isn't the kind of progress I want to see from big organisations.

    Come on Asda, promote recycling and change your processes!
    In the scheme of things, this is merely a tweak.

    Write to Asda to express your concerns: but for this oversight, presumably you'd be happy to use the automated system?
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

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  • PasturesNew
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    How many of the items were flown around the world, using fuel to arrive...? I'm sure a jet or two, to ensure your fruit arrived in your plastic bag as fresh as possible, did more damage than that bag.
  • lazer-zxr
    lazer-zxr Posts: 446 Forumite
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    VfM4meplse wrote: »
    In the scheme of things, this is merely a tweak.

    Write to Asda to express your concerns: but for this oversight, presumably you'd be happy to use the automated system?

    I have done, and yes I'm happy to use the system if this is fixed.
  • lazer-zxr
    lazer-zxr Posts: 446 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    How many of the items were flown around the world, using fuel to arrive...? I'm sure a jet or two, to ensure your fruit arrived in your plastic bag as fresh as possible, did more damage than that bag.

    I get your point, but it was just the change in Asda's process to move away from reusable bags seems a backward step.
  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
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    lazer-zxr wrote: »
    I get your point, but it was just the change in Asda's process to move away from reusable bags seems a backward step.
    Just ill-thought out by a team tasked to improve convenience rather than save the environment, but eminently fixable.

    Asda needs to listen to its customers, just as other retailers do.
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

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  • Murphybear
    Murphybear Posts: 7,270 Forumite
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    I remember shopping at Safeway while at Uni in the early 70s. In those days you were given strong brown paper sacs to put the shopping in.
  • tastyhog
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    lazer-zxr wrote: »
    I get your point, but it was just the change in Asda's process to move away from reusable bags seems a backward step.

    You're having your shopping picked and packed by extra staff so you can drive up to a place a few feet away from your car to collect it.

    A plastic bag is the least of the environmental Impact you're causing
  • weavedribbon
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    Murphybear wrote: »
    I remember shopping at Safeway while at Uni in the early 70s. In those days you were given strong brown paper sacs to put the shopping in.

    Amazon prime now (only available in some areas I think) deliver in very strong large brown paper bags. I find it suits me better than bagless but I don't like to get my shopping in plastic bags either so it's perfect.
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    primarni give their shoppers strong brown paper bags for goods and don't seem to charge at all.
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