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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostNo you don't. You just do as a sop to your conscience. Or possibly, no you don't, the planet isn't endangered by non-reuse of plastic bags.
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Originally posted by hyperD View PostI would have said: "Buy one? I tuliping married one, why would want to buy one?"I'm Spartacus.Comment
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Originally posted by hyperD View PostMany years ago in Hungary, people used to bring their own bags to do shopping as quite simply, shops couldn't afford any plastic ones.
Now that Tesco have invaded, everyone expects all shops to have free plastic bags.
Funny old world...
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Originally posted by Bagpuss View PostIn my local Sainsburys yesterday they decided they would hide the free carrier bags in some kind of attempt to preach to the customers on global warming.
The patronising little cow on the till asked if I wanted to "buy a bag for life?"
No thanks I said as the shopping was pilling up, "can I have some carrier bags please?"
By the look of distain on her face you think I'd said "can I have a tulip on the conveyor belt?"
The patronising barstewards
We don't think a ban or a levy is the right way to go," said a Defra spokeswoman.
Ireland introduced a "plastax" of about 30 cents (20p) on each bag in 2002 and there has been a 90% reduction in use.
But the Defra spokeswoman said the tax had led to people buying more plastic bin liners, which were even worse than carrier bags.
Interestingly, since the budget, the (very good) article on the DEFRA site criticising a levy on plastic bags is harder to find than newer articles saying what a great idea it is.
My conscience is clear, e.g.
http://www.brc.org.uk/details04.asp?...t=Retail+Myths
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I love all these plastic bags. They are so useful. For instance I never buy bin liners, as was the case when I have worked in plastic bag averse countries. In Ireland bin liner usage has increased 4 fold since the ban.
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostCo-op use biodegradable bags which disintegrate in < 1 yearOriginally posted by NotAllThere View PostUnfortunately, they disintegrate into radioactive dioxin.
...or something.
The "biodegradable" plastic bags are made of a mixture of plastic particles and a biodegradable substance (cellulose, I think). When the cellulose degrades, the physical bag is gone, but the particles of plastic remain.
Although "out of sight, out of mind" to such majestic beings as ourselves and the Co-op, these particles then end up being ingested by smaller organisms such as earthworms and insects, and even unicellular beings such as amoebae, with undetermined consequences for the ecosphereComment
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostCo-op use biodegradable bags which disintegrate in < 1 yearThe squint, the cocked eye and clenched first are the cornerstones of all Merseyside communication from birth to graveComment
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