MSE News: Asda to scrap 5p plastic bags

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Asda has become the latest supermarket to announce it's scrapping 5p plastic bags - and it's making changes to its cafes to reduce the use of plastic there too...
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  • WillPS
    WillPS Posts: 3,415 Forumite
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    Sainsburys haven't stopped 5p bags.
  • sarah1972
    sarah1972 Posts: 18,887 Senior Ambassador
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    WillPS wrote: »
    Sainsburys haven't stopped 5p bags.

    Neither has Tesco
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  • WillPS
    WillPS Posts: 3,415 Forumite
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    sarah1972 wrote: »
    Neither has Tesco
    They dropped them back in August, you can only get 10p bags in store now.
  • sarah1972
    sarah1972 Posts: 18,887 Senior Ambassador
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    WillPS wrote: »
    They dropped them back in August, you can only get 10p bags in store now.

    I paid 5p today ?

    Also the online shopping hasn't changed, its still 40p?
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  • dobbiesloan
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    I think we should all do a big shop and when we get to the checkout and they refuse to give us free bags we should all leave our shopping
    and walk out.
    GONE ENGLAND
  • sarah1972
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    dobbiesloan wrote: »
    I think we should all do a big shop and when we get to the checkout and they refuse to give us free bags we should all leave our shopping
    and walk out.

    Why should you get free bags?
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  • jon81uk
    jon81uk Posts: 3,770 Forumite
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    WillPS wrote: »
    Sainsburys haven't stopped 5p bags.

    No but they stopped single-use bags. The 5p bags are now Bags for Life so you can swap them for new when damaged.
  • worried_jim
    worried_jim Posts: 11,631 Forumite
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    dobbiesloan wrote: »
    I think we should all do a big shop and when we get to the checkout and they refuse to give us free bags we should all leave our shopping
    and walk out.

    Very sad. .
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