[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It's been in Scotland for ages now and have to be totally honest here; for me at least, it doesn't make me any more earth-friendly. I mean, if I go to ASDA Walmart and spend £50 on food, and the food I buy fills let's say 6 bags, I'm not really going to be bothered that my new total is £50.30. I mean is anyone REALLY bothered about spending an extra 5p - 50p? And is anyone likely to have many more than 10 bags? It's not "real money", it's the sort of money you'll find on the floor of the car or down the back of the couch if you bother to have a look...

They'd have to make it like 50p a bag for me to be motivated to take my own bags.

Just speaking from my experience working in a shop but before today we only charged one penny and even that put a lot of people off, today I reckon a fair few people didn't take a bag who otherwise would have done. The main thing it will prevent is those people who want bags just for buying a couple of items for a few quid - and there are a lot of people like that imo - rather than those doing big shops where the bags are more of a necessity and - like you say - relative to the total cost it will barely be anything