[Alf]

[arista]

Sure Plastic is the Standard
shops still used


Some things have changed
Card for good Tomatoes.

[DemRed]

As soon as you spot the conflict, you realise you've been had!

[user104658]

Anyone with any vague memory of before the bag charge came in will remember that there genuinely was a problem with the old-style disposable plastic bags constantly lying around tbh.

[Beso]

Where does the 10p go?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Anyone with any vague memory of before the bag charge came in will remember that there genuinely was a problem with the old-style disposable plastic bags constantly lying around tbh.

yes I recall the great plastic bag tsunami of the 90s

at least now its not 60x worse with fast food detritus brought on by mobile phones and the death of the high street

[arista]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Where does the 10p go?

Some goes to a charity


Some go to the Supermarket


Also they are now well above 10p

[DemRed]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Where does the 10p go?

Our supermarkets charge 40p a bag

[Beso]

Originally Posted by arista

Some goes to a charity


Some go to the Supermarket

I dont mind that then, I would probably go 20p max, if I didnt have my own wee shopping trolley.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by parmnion

I dont mind that then, I would probably go 20p max, if I didnt have my own wee shopping trolley.

How cute is that

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Cherie

How cute is that

Not very to feral youths. Piss taking little *****.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Not very to feral youths. Piss taking little *****.

is it tartan?

[bots]

Most consumers want their food sealed from other people pawing it. There are also laws about weight, dietary info warning, sell by dates that need to be printed and connected with the item. So it is a necessity

A charge for carrier bags is just an environmental tax. Environmental tax charges apply to almost everything we purchase, so at least its up front with the carrier bag

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Cherie

is it tartan?

Yes, it is actually. I've souped it up as well by putting a little bell on the handle that goes bring bring, when I flick it. Not to warn people, but to get the lazy assistants attention at the counter.

[James]

Plastic is an amazing invention. It really changed the world.

BBC News - Plastic fantastic: How it changed the world
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42646025

[Mystic Mock]

The woman is wasting her time trying to make sense of this ****.

Sky Sports News interviewed three women's Footballers a couple of days ago about climate change, and they were really pro-the environment and how to try and go more green, but as soon as a discussion about Footballers flying on Planes between Cities within the UK was harming the environment, the Footballers gave out their real opinions, that weren't so environmentally friendly.

The people that truly care about the environment are not making money off of the issue, as soon as everyone realizes that, the better.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by James

Plastic is an amazing invention. It really changed the world.

BBC News - Plastic fantastic: How it changed the world
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42646025

…sadly, plastic is still a form that provides good shelf life of food products so it’s about finding good and financially viable etc, biodegradable alternatives…


…and yeah, I can see that it doesn’t seem to make sense but that’s surely because it wasn’t the retailers or suppliers etc who decided on the charge, its government enforced, isn’t it…?…and shops will be fined if they’re found to not charge it for plastic bags…whereas, there are no similar follow through charges on packaging…I mean, fresh food products especially have to be packaged in effective ways…so…until there is an alternative that doesn’t involve plastic but is very cost effective in not pushing the food item up too much…carrier bags don’t have the same purpose of food packaging and there are good alternatives in bags for life/reusable bags…

…(…I believe…)…that the cost of a bag is linked to the size of the business also in terms of profits etc…so more expensive ones might indicate a more profitable retailer…it was all meant to be a circle of having to be donated back into charitable/environmental causes…and again, I think is meant to be government/regulation monitored so that retailers don’t/can’t profit from their charges as such, they can just cover their costs of producing ….

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes I recall the great plastic bag tsunami of the 90s

at least now its not 60x worse with fast food detritus brought on by mobile phones and the death of the high street

You jest Trumpet but I do remember rivers and streams quite regularly having bags floating around or caught in the plants at the side.

That said - those near-useless biodegradable green ones made out of recycled condoms should definitely be free. No one would ever use them except in an absolute emergency.

I personally quite like my selection of bags for life. The proper ones you get at the end of aisles obviously. The thicker plastic "bags for life" are a scam and no more reusable than old-school plastic bags, unless you fancy scooping up all of your shopping off the ground in the car park after the handles snap. Sometimes that even happens with brand new ones...

[MTVN]

I'm pretty sure the stats would show a huge decrease in the amount of plastic used in packaging generally over the last few years and a big decrease in plastic pollution caused by carrier bags. That said there is still valid uses for plastic and it is an amazing thing in many ways as James says. A lot more plastic is now recyclable as well

So it's not that hard to make sense of really

[Alf]

So you've made sense of it.

Let's move on.

[Alf]

Does it make sense?