England :Shoppers will be charged 5p per carrier bag from October 5

[arista]

In USA many stores have strong paper bags
we need them.


http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-3226140/Carrier-bags-big-retailers-cost-5p-month.html


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[lostalex]

They charge us for paper bags too here in California. All bags are a charge here for over 2 years now.

the only way to avoid a charge is to bring your own bag. It's a good law here. I always bring a bag to the store now. it only costs like 5 dollars for a bag, and it lasts at least a year.

it seems most people don't bring bags though. :( which means it's not really working.

[Niamh.]

Yeah we've been getting charged for bags here for the last few years, anywhere between 25c-35c, like Alex said though, it makes people bring their own bags which is a good thing

[smudgie]

I can understand the need to charge for plastic carriers, but I don't get why they are charging for brown paper bags.
The chaos this is going to cause for the poor delivery drives.
We do have the choice to pay 40p to have the groceries delivered in bags at Tesco.

[lostalex]

I can understand the need to charge for plastic carriers, but I don't get why they are charging for brown paper bags.
The chaos this is going to cause for the poor delivery drives.
We do have the choice to pay 40p to have the groceries delivered in bags at Tesco.

here in california the paper bags are cheaper than plastic so it encourages people to choose a biodegradable product. but really the best solution is to use a reusable cloth bag.

[Crimson Dynamo]

:fist: we have had it for a while here in Scotland and its a tax on men


Women carry bags in their handbags so it is no problem but for us men we dont have handbags and its costing 5 and 10p a time


Its a disgrace

[Niamh.]

:fist: we have had it for a while here in Scotland and its a tax on men


Women carry bags in their handbags so it is no problem but for us men we dont have handbags and its costing 5 and 10p a time


Its a disgrace

Hands are also good for carrying bags :eureka:

[lostalex]

:fist: we have had it for a while here in Scotland and its a tax on men


Women carry bags in their handbags so it is no problem but for us men we dont have handbags and its costing 5 and 10p a time


Its a disgrace

who is stopping men from carrying handbags??? if you want to carry a handbag, have a handbag. no one will stop you. bro.

[arista]

Yes England joins all other places.


I am sure many will prefer the 40P or 50p
bag for life

[lostalex]

Hands are also good for carrying bags :eureka:

in most cases they are the best solution for carrying things lol. :cheer2:

england will adjust and it will be fine.

[Niamh.]

in most cases they are the best solution for carrying things lol. :cheer2:

:fan:

[Crimson Dynamo]

who is stopping men from carrying handbags??? if you want to carry a handbag, have a handbag. no one will stop you. bro.

NO

[Crimson Dynamo]

One of the girls at the spar gives me a bag for free

:fan:

[DemolitionRed]

In France they don't normally offer or ask you if you want a bag and if you do, they have to go fumbling around for one and do charge for them. In France most people, including men, have baskets they take with them for food shopping.

I recently tried to buy a shopping basket in the UK because my French basket, which is about 6 years old and has been in constant use, is starting to weaken around the edges, but couldn't find anything other than flimsy frilly things that would be no use whatsoever.

[Crimson Dynamo]

In France they don't normally offer or ask you if you want a bag and if you do, they have to go fumbling around for one and do charge for them. In France most people, including men, have baskets they take with them for food shopping.

I recently tried to buy a shopping basket in the UK because my French basket, which is about 6 years old and has been in constant use, is starting to weaken around the edges, but couldn't find anything other than flimsy frilly things that would be no use whatsoever.

If you think I am carrying a bloody basket :umm2: with me every time i go in the car you have another thing coming

:fist:

[Niamh.]

Why don't you keep some bags in your car LT :nono:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Why don't you keep some bags in your car LT :nono:

I have 2 Aldi bags for life but I forget them or the boot is full boxes and i cant get to them

:nono:

[Kizzy]

We really will whine about anything in England won't we? :joker:

[Josy]

We've been getting charged for years, get over it.

[lostalex]

even Lt knows this is good. he knows that the planet needs less disposable plastic and more sustainable solutions. he's just being bratty in a cute way i think. right LT? *tickles LT's belly*

[Vanessa]

I always bring my own bags when i go shopping :thumbs2:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I always bring my own bags when i go shopping :thumbs2:

do you keep them in your handbag?

[lostalex]

LT is obsessed with Handbags... i think we all know what he wants for christmas...

[Crimson Dynamo]

LT is obsessed with Handbags... i think we all know what he wants for christmas...

:nono:

I do sell vintage handbags a lot mind, and jewelley boxes and womens shoes

:worry:

[Vanessa]

do you keep them in your handbag?

Yes, on my rucksack.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yes, on my rucksack.

i rest my case

or handbag

[DemolitionRed]

Shopping baskets are great

[MTVN]

The fuss people make about paying for bags is crazy, didn't realise how many hated it till I worked in a shop and had a lot of people kicking off about paying a penny for a carrier bag :umm2:

Least now it will be law so they can't exactly moan at me or the company

[user104658]

Tell you what makes it a pain in the arse: local Co op is so "worried" about people taking carrier bags from the self checkout Without paying for them, that their solution has been... To just not have any bags there at all.

This means that if I forget to take a carrier bag when I go into the shop on the way home from the morning school run, I have to... Ugh... Go to the till and interact with a staff member. The last thing I want at 9am!

[Northern Monkey]

If we're paying for them then they'd better up the quality of them.Those Asda carriers are ****,2 bottles of pop and the handles are snapping a few meters from the shop.I always double bag.Aldi ones are better.Nice big thick handles but you've always had to pay for them.

[Jack_]

I've been seeing signs about this in loads of shops like Tesco Express recently but it's only just registered what this actually means :facepalm:

I've never really cared about paying for bags on the rare occasion I've had to before but this will be pretty annoying every time. Also in situations where you have to pack your own bags (the worst), how does it work? Do they count the bags you've used and then add that to the bill or something? So they have to sit there waiting while I rush to pack bags so they can count the total? Or will they pack them all themselves now?

If I'm paying for the bags, you better ****ing pack them :fist:

[LukeB]

I wonder what will happen if someone spent al their money on food and didn't have 5p on them :joker:

[Jack_]

I wonder what will happen if someone spent al their money on food and didn't have 5p on them :joker:

Yeah how do logistical things like this work :suspect: you have just enough money to buy the things you've brought to the till, no card and no spare change for the bags - it has to be abandoned and some poor staff member has to restack the items on the shelves?

I hope it fails, who cares about the bloody environment or recycling :hmph:

[LukeB]

Yeah how do logistical things like this work :suspect: you have just enough money to buy the things you've brought to the till, no card and no spare change for the bags - it has to be abandoned and some poor staff member has to restack the items on the shelves?

I hope it fails, who cares about the bloody environment or recycling :hmph:

I know :worry:

"oh i've left my card at home so we can't buy this because we have to make sure we have 5p spare, i come back later for that" it's all siilly

[letmein]

If you think I am carrying a bloody basket :umm2: with me every time i go in the car you have another thing coming

:fist:

*Think coming, and you have to progress with the rest of the world. :dance:

[letmein]

Yes, on my rucksack.

I thought that said nutsack. :joker:

[Ammi]

Tell you what makes it a pain in the arse: local Co op is so "worried" about people taking carrier bags from the self checkout Without paying for them, that their solution has been... To just not have any bags there at all.

This means that if I forget to take a carrier bag when I go into the shop on the way home from the morning school run, I have to... Ugh... Go to the till and interact with a staff member. The last thing I want at 9am!

..you're not a morning playground chatty parent then..:laugh:...

[kirklancaster]

I don't mind paying for carrier bags but it does rankle a bit that these shops expect us to pay when we are really walking adverts for them. Try a bit of devilment and take used carrier bags with you next time you shop - only, ensure that you take Asda carriers if shopping at Tesco, and Aldi if you're shopping at Asda etc. and WATCH the faces of the staff as you trundle out of their store toting laden bags advertising their rivals stores. :laugh:

[kirklancaster]

If we're paying for them then they'd better up the quality of them.Those Asda carriers are ****,2 bottles of pop and the handles are snapping a few meters from the shop.I always double bag.Aldi ones are better.Nice big thick handles but you've always had to pay for them.

Great point Paul. I have used condoms which were thicker and stronger (and MUCH, MUCH larger of course. :hehe:)

[Josy]

I don't mind paying for carrier bags but it does rankle a bit that these shops expect us to pay when we are really walking adverts for them. Try a bit of devilment and take used carrier bags with you next time you shop - only, ensure that you take Asda carriers if shopping at Tesco, and Aldi if you're shopping at Asda etc. and WATCH the faces of the staff as you trundle out of their store toting laden bags advertising their rivals stores. :laugh:

I do this all the time, I have a bag for life from each of the big stores and use them all when I'm doing my shopping.

[Ammi]

..I don't do online grocery shopping but when I've been at friend's houses when they were having theirs delivered, I always found it odd that there was no thought to recycling there and always came in plastic bags, rather than boxes, while discouraging the use of them in the supermarket...I'm glad the money is going to charity because it would be all kinds of wrong if this added to profits for the supermarkets themselves, when they sell so many environmentally unfriendly package products...

[kirklancaster]

I do this all the time, I have a bag for life from each of the big stores and use them all when I'm doing my shopping.

And respect to you then Josy.

[kirklancaster]

..I don't do online grocery shopping but when I've been at friend's houses when they were having theirs delivered, I always found it odd that there was no thought to recycling there and always came in plastic bags, rather than boxes, while discouraging the use of them in the supermarket...I'm glad the money is going to charity because it would be all kinds of wrong if this added to profits for the supermarkets themselves, when they sell so many environmentally unfriendly package products...

I did not know this Ammi. Does seem a bit hypocritical doesn't it. :shrug:

[Josy]

Here when we get a delivery now it just comes in those plastic boxes the driver has and you have to lift everything out then he takes the boxes back

[rubymoo]

..I don't do online grocery shopping but when I've been at friend's houses when they were having theirs delivered, I always found it odd that there was no thought to recycling there and always came in plastic bags, rather than boxes, while discouraging the use of them in the supermarket...I'm glad the money is going to charity because it would be all kinds of wrong if this added to profits for the supermarkets themselves, when they sell so many environmentally unfriendly package products...

This is true^^^

I hate shopping so much that i tend to do mine online, and when it arrives they are all in carrier bags, so i'm wondering whether i will have to pay for these carrier bags, as sometimes there's only 1 item in them:shocked:

If they aren't then the delivery men will have to wait whilst i unpack every item individually......

[user104658]

Here when we get a delivery now it just comes in those plastic boxes the driver has and you have to lift everything out then he takes the boxes back
You can pay a flat fee (50p or something) for as many bags as it takes. We do that now... We didn't tick the box for it the first time and everything literally cam piled into plastic boxes in a jumble, and we had to just chuck it all into the hallway while the driver waited impatiently :/.

I have petty much zero concern for recycling to be honest. We live on a doomed planet anyway, because people. I don't think a few asda bags blowing around in the post-apocalyptic ruins of civilisation is really going to be a huge worry :D

[kirklancaster]

T.S has a point:

How would we be if all the great civilisations of antiquity had used bio-degradable materials for everything? No archeology.

[DemolitionRed]

If we're paying for them then they'd better up the quality of them.Those Asda carriers are ****,2 bottles of pop and the handles are snapping a few meters from the shop.I always double bag.Aldi ones are better.Nice big thick handles but you've always had to pay for them.

Carrefour give you something the size of a sani bag and charge you 30 cents so quit ya belly-aching!

[Amy Jade]

Wales have been doing this since like 2011

[Ashley.]

Lidl do this. :fist:

[user104658]

..you're not a morning playground chatty parent then..[emoji23]...
Oh good god no. I'll accept a polite nod of acknowledgement or, at a push, a quiet grunt of "... Mornin'..." (but it must not sound cheerful).

If you've made eye contact, you've gone too far.

[armand.kay]

vile rule.

[Liam-]

We already do get charged for them here, I thought that was the thing everywhere

[Niamh.]

We already do get charged for them here, I thought that was the thing everywhere

These English are miles behind the rest of us Liam :idc:

[Kizzy]

T.S has a point:

How would we be if all the great civilisations of antiquity had used bio-degradable materials for everything? No archeology.

They were sustainable, pots dug up from 1000s of years ago could be safely used today.
Plastic is a contaminate, I don't think our civilisation is that great.

[Niamh.]

They were sustainable, pots dug up from 1000s of years ago could be safely used today.
Plastic is a contaminate, I don't think our civilisation is that great.

Can you imagine a museum in the future filled with Plastic Aldi bags? :laugh:

[Cherie]

I don't see the issue really lots of shops have been charging for years, good move to bring them all in line

[Kizzy]

Can you imagine a museum in the future filled with Plastic Aldi bags? :laugh:

In England? Yes, stupid backwards thinking place :laugh:

[Suze]

I don't mind paying for carrier bags but it does rankle a bit that these shops expect us to pay when we are really walking adverts for them. Try a bit of devilment and take used carrier bags with you next time you shop - only, ensure that you take Asda carriers if shopping at Tesco, and Aldi if you're shopping at Asda etc. and WATCH the faces of the staff as you trundle out of their store toting laden bags advertising their rivals stores. :laugh:

Reminds me of when I was on the tills once and told a customer they can't use other shops carrier bags when they were packing their goods, their face was a picture poor sod, I had to quickly tell them I was only joking and that of course they could use them. I even used to to tell customers if other stores offers and goods were better, I should have got the sack really :D

[kirklancaster]

Can you imagine a museum in the future filled with Plastic Aldi bags? :laugh:

:laugh: Nutter. (I actually burst out laughing at the image :joker:)

[kirklancaster]

Reminds me of when I was on the tills once and told a customer they can't use other shops carrier bags when they were packing their goods, their face was a picture poor sod, I had to quickly tell them I was only joking and that of course they could use them.

:laugh: You 'orrible devil Suze.

[Niamh.]

I don't mind paying for carrier bags but it does rankle a bit that these shops expect us to pay when we are really walking adverts for them. Try a bit of devilment and take used carrier bags with you next time you shop - only, ensure that you take Asda carriers if shopping at Tesco, and Aldi if you're shopping at Asda etc. and WATCH the faces of the staff as you trundle out of their store toting laden bags advertising their rivals stores. :laugh:

I worked in a Supermarket when I was younger and I can categorically state.....they wouldn't give a flying **** :laugh:

[kirklancaster]

I worked in a Supermarket when I was younger and I can categorically state.....they wouldn't give a flying **** :laugh:

I'm still laughing over the Aldi Carrier Bag Museum. :laugh: Seriously.

[kirklancaster]

The dog thinks I'm nuts.

[Livia]

..I don't do online grocery shopping but when I've been at friend's houses when they were having theirs delivered, I always found it odd that there was no thought to recycling there and always came in plastic bags, rather than boxes, while discouraging the use of them in the supermarket...I'm glad the money is going to charity because it would be all kinds of wrong if this added to profits for the supermarkets themselves, when they sell so many environmentally unfriendly package products...

How true. My recycling bin is always full of packaging, it's ridiculous. And I don't mind paying for carrier bags, considering the damage they do to the environment. As always... burgeoning economies also need to be made to step up... and soon.

[bots]

Asda are charging 40p if you want your stuff bagged in an online shop :fist:

[DemolitionRed]

Reminds me of when I was on the tills once and told a customer they can't use other shops carrier bags when they were packing their goods, their face was a picture poor sod, I had to quickly tell them I was only joking and that of course they could use them. I even used to to tell customers if other stores offers and goods were better, I should have got the sack really :D

:joker:

[user104658]

Asda are charging 40p if you want your stuff bagged in an online shop :fist:
Trust me, it's more than worth the 40p. If you take it "unbagged", they literally stand at the door handing each item to you, one by one.

[Ammi]

Trust me, it's more than worth the 40p. If you take it "unbagged", they literally stand at the door handing each item to you, one by one.

..I wonder why they don't use boxes to pack for online shopping.../they have so many at the end of the checkouts to use...