Tightest shop in sheffield???

[MardyBum66]

thats a weird story, not sure i believe it as ive had some carrier bags for at least 10 years and they still look the same.....

 

It depends on the bag. Many shops provide biodegradable bags. Wilkinson's are one such shop. I discovered this when I found the contents of one I had stored hanging in the shed about a year ago on the floor. The bag had degraded enough to disintegrate and drop its load. Bags from The Co-op, ASDA and I think also Boots now, are all biodegradable. There are probably many more companies out there whose bags are biodegradable and it is usually printed on the bag whether it is or not.

[DIVA]

I read on Teletex yesterday of a person who put some documents in a plastic bag and stowed them away on top of his wardrobe. Four years later the bag disintegrated into dust in his hand when he tried to pick it up. That didn't take thousands of years as we are being conned into believing.

 

EXACTLY the same happened to me.

[DIVA]

If shops don't give their new proceeds to charity, and make available lists where the proceeds are going, they should have lists indicating which products are becoming cheaper, as a result of charging for the carrier bags.

[MardyBum66]

If shops don't give their new proceeds to charity, and make available lists where the proceeds are going, they should have lists indicating which products are becoming cheaper, as a result of charging for the carrier bags.

 

Let's hope if charities become involved, they'll be environmental ones!

[rhythm_bound]

If shops don't give their new proceeds to charity, and make available lists where the proceeds are going, they should have lists indicating which products are becoming cheaper, as a result of charging for the carrier bags.

 

WHY? They are a business, there whole aim is to make money. if you want one of there bags then pay for it, if not bring your own. I'm more than happy for the money to go to charities but I don't think that they should reduce the price of food because you are too lazy to reuse a carrier bag. Why do you think that because a shop is charging for bags they owe you the privelage of cheaper food. That also defies the whole point of trying to reduce the number of bags. Why charge for bags if you a going to make the shopping cheaper. I really do despair.

[samishere]

I do re-use them in other ways, like I'll put my lunch in one for work

 

me too i re-use mine.. use them to line my bin.. i use them when i take something from home and use them to recycle old clothes when taking them to a second hand shop;)

[LJB23]

I use them in the kitchen too for household rubbish or to put the kids nappies in and like you to take stuff to charity shops. It just doesn't enter my head to take them food shopping

[MardyBum66]

WHY? They are a business, there whole aim is to make money. if you want one of there bags then pay for it, if not bring your own. I'm more than happy for the money to go to charities but I don't think that they should reduce the price of food because you are too lazy to reuse a carrier bag. Why do you think that because a shop is charging for bags they owe you the privelage of cheaper food. That also defies the whole point of trying to reduce the number of bags. Why charge for bags if you a going to make the shopping cheaper. I really do despair.

 

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[MardyBum66]

I keep a stash of Bags For Life in the boot of my car, which I use for big supermarket shops. Some by my door to use for on-foot shopping and usually have a couple of carrier bags in my shoulder bag in case I buy the odd thing or two when I'm out. It's no hassle - it just takes a tiny amount of organisation. It soon becomes easy, a habit in fact, to remember to pick bags up on the way out of house or car and to put them away once unpacked.

[MardyBum66]

it's good idea , maybe people will now think twice about hanging them all over the trees full of dog poo.

 

Quite! My personal experience is that empty bread bags are better for pooper-scooper purposes anyway: they're a) thicker and b) don't have anti-suffocation holes in them, which can be nasty!