[Ammi]

..the thing is though that it's not the supermarkets and shops who decided the charge would apply..the charge was set and they have to enforce it, they have no choice with that...but what I do think though, bitontheslide, is that they could offer an environmentally friendly alternative to keep loyalty...it's strange how some supermarkets always had boxes at the end of the aisles or in stacks for customers to take and use instead of using a bag and now in my supermarket, the boxes have all gone now...now when they really should be there...