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Supermarket Shopping Bags
Charging for plastic shopping bags (compulsory from 2015) and giving the proceeds to environmental charities is all very well. It may reduce consumption but won't end it. Many purchases are impromptu shops when the buyer does not have bags with them. Can anyone explain why shops do not provide the brown paper grocery bags (such as those used in the USA) and charge for those instead?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would always go for the least harmful option. I don't recommend cutting down trees, I don't recommend anything. I am asking if this would be a better option and looking for an answer. I would have thought sustainable forests would produce them and the consumer would pay. Better than having wildlife trapped in handles of plastic bags and the unsightly waste of dumped plastic bags. But if paper isn't better, then I am happy to have that explained. I was seeking advice not expressing an opinion. :)
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Paper bags are most certainly not the least harmful option.
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Paper bags are most certainly not the least harmful option.
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Its an interesting conundrum ;) I thought paper bags might represent a better option too, but the answer to that is "not necessarily"
From WRAP (Govt. funded charity on wrapping materials for the retail and consumer industry)
http:// www.wra p.org.u k/conte nt/carr ier-bag s-mater ial-mat ters-0
I think, secretly, they wish to encourage all to carry our shopping home in our pockets, pants legs and arms ;)
I now have around 4 re-usable carrier bags permanently stored in the car, which is great if I happen to be shopping when I am in the car. Otherwise, its donation time at the till.
From WRAP (Govt. funded charity on wrapping materials for the retail and consumer industry)
http://
I think, secretly, they wish to encourage all to carry our shopping home in our pockets, pants legs and arms ;)
I now have around 4 re-usable carrier bags permanently stored in the car, which is great if I happen to be shopping when I am in the car. Otherwise, its donation time at the till.
5p is not going to discourage anyone from buying a plastic bag. And supermarkets are about concenience, so being able to get a bag is convenient.
Perhaps the spermarkets should offer a choice, a bag made from recycled paper for 5p or a plastic bag for 10p.
The problem with plastic bags is not really the waste in oil to produce them, it is the non-biodegradabilty in landfill and the litter mess when they get blown into trees and about our street. A biodegradable, recyclable paper bag, itself made from recycled paper is the way forward. (or backward even).
Perhaps the spermarkets should offer a choice, a bag made from recycled paper for 5p or a plastic bag for 10p.
The problem with plastic bags is not really the waste in oil to produce them, it is the non-biodegradabilty in landfill and the litter mess when they get blown into trees and about our street. A biodegradable, recyclable paper bag, itself made from recycled paper is the way forward. (or backward even).