Did you know .....

[wolf63]

I have to admit that I didn't know and would have been forever ignorant of the fact had my delivery driver not told me:-

> > > > > >That Tesco's carrier bags now come with a 'use by' date on them?

[rowanwitch]

paws up who has just gone to see if they have one to check

[cazzz1975]

okay, is this a joke, because if it is I didnt get it

[wolf63]

No joke - my carriers usually fall apart before I get home. The heavy stuff is in my rucksack so it is not as if they are heavy or overfilled.

What next ?

[Answerprancer]

Are they biodegradable ? That would explain why.

[wolf63]

Yea - they are AP but it never dawned on me that would mean a use by date.

I reuse them in the house to eat the rejected (poisonous/inedible) cat food and some times I put the meat in the bag and it just falls through the bottom.

[gingejbee]

Not a "use by" date - it's a "best use before" date: world of difference.

[chelle7272]

Yes Ap they are

from the website:

We recognise that many of our bags may go to landfill, so we have made our carrier bags biodegradable. This means that they break down into water, carbon dioxide and biomass, which have minimal impact upon the environment. This process normally takes 20-36 months from manufacture. All our carrier bags have a best before date to give customers an idea of how long they will be fit for use. If you have a bag which starts to lose its strength before this date, you can return it to us.

[B00]

Co op bags have a 3 year "shelf" life, but tend to fall apart after 18 months. Personally i think every supermarket/shop should do away with them altogether IMO.

[venator]

I always take my own bags and get a Green bag re-use point for each one!

[craft1948]

I must check before picking up the dog poo...............

[JonnyBoy12]

Your cat avater has given me "paws" for thought, but sorry not to answer your question!

[Answerprancer]

I fthey are biodegradable, there is alway the chance that at some point they may 'bio degrade' on your way back from the shops with two dozen eggs in them !

[ladybirder]

LOL craft.

[Jemisa]

Well that is news. But having said that I know why, Because they self distruct.
I had two Tesco carrier bags in the shed filled with dried flowers, I put them there last year, when I went to move them a few weeks back they disintegrated in my hand so I Knew I couldn't trust them any more & don't.
Brill idea tho, pat on the back for Tesco for looking after the inviroment. > > >

jem

[Jules001]

I had something stored in a Tesco carrier in my wardrobe, when I went to the wardrobe recently, I was faced with lots of tiny bits, I thought I had mice, but then realised it was just that the bag had disintegrated, big sigh of relief to know that I didn't have mice, but had I known about the disintegration, I might not have stored it for quite so long.

[Zeuhl]

Yes beware.

One of our employees left a few empty Tesco carriers behind his desk where they lay for several months.

When discovered, the mess they had morphed into of disintegrated plastic bits was unbelievable - it took the cleaners about an hour to get all the bits off the carpet.
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