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Charges For Plastic Bags
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Some of the big supermarkets are going to start charging 30p for a plastic bag to put your fruit and vegetables in.
Just wondering why they can't supply paper begs like they do for mushrooms.
The paper bags could then be recycled.
I do like the idea of less plastic waste, but if you don't want to pay for a bag, you have to remember to take one from home.
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Just wondering why they can't supply paper begs like they do for mushrooms.
The paper bags could then be recycled.
I do like the idea of less plastic waste, but if you don't want to pay for a bag, you have to remember to take one from home.
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So much plastic now. Why? What was wrong with paper bags and cardboard boxes? Remember them stacked up by the supermarket doors, decades ago? It drives me nutty. And don’t get me started on people who buy all their drinking water from a shop instead of using the perfectly reasonable stuff that comes out of their tap.
not as simple as you'd think. There is also the issue that the trees that are grown to make paper are not species native to the UK and the monoculture used to grow them is not good for the environment as it does not support native biological diversity. I have seen this for myself, near me there are plantations put in after WW2 They are silent dusty places with no birds or animals and few insects. Import of suitable wood or woodpulp from places where the trees are native, racks up the cost and the carbon footprint.
I am not defending plastic by any means but no one should be feeling virtuous for chosing a disposable paper bag instead. Going back to old fashioned shopping bags is what is needed.
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I am not defending plastic by any means but no one should be feeling virtuous for chosing a disposable paper bag instead. Going back to old fashioned shopping bags is what is needed.
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If you buy a lot of loose fresh produce, potatoes, carrots, apples, pears etc, you need to put them in a bag of some description so they can be weighed.
Think I might have to start saving any bags I can!
Just laughing at the thought of going into the supermarket with a carrier bag full of smaller bags.:-)
Think I might have to start saving any bags I can!
Just laughing at the thought of going into the supermarket with a carrier bag full of smaller bags.:-)
For anyone who wants to see what the bags in Asda look like:
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I don't mind the paper carrier bags in Morrisons except when it's raining. They might be resistant to liquids as far as not leaking much if a bottle inside them comes open but they're useless in a heavy rainstorm. More than once I've had a handle come off one, or a bag split open, just trying to get from the store entrance to my car when it's been bucketing down.
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I don't mind the paper carrier bags in Morrisons except when it's raining. They might be resistant to liquids as far as not leaking much if a bottle inside them comes open but they're useless in a heavy rainstorm. More than once I've had a handle come off one, or a bag split open, just trying to get from the store entrance to my car when it's been bucketing down.
Our Tesco has done away with the small plastic bags in the vegetable/fruit department and has small brown paper bags with a clear frontage and they are next to useless. Put something in them, lift it up and it falls apart. My sister got me some white thin material bags from Sainsburys and I bought some more from Lidl (2 bags for 49p) and they are great for bananas, oranges, onions whatever and I make sure I have them in my shopping bag each time.
