Was it a green one filled with stuff that some bloke keeps dropping off and picking up?
Haha where is that thread? I never followed it to find out what happened.
e; just checked it, Doofus is such a boring whiny princess...

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Was it a green one filled with stuff that some bloke keeps dropping off and picking up?
Where you live? I haven't seen any, in fact all I've seen is massive embrace of the scheme, with basically the only ones being sold in corner shops and self service checkouts.
Most people seem to have embraced it but I noticed several while doing my Christmas shopping who were obviously begrudged to even pay 5p i.e. trying to fast talk the cashier at the last minute while using say their kids as a reason but then having the requisite 5p to hand without having to dig for it when it was reiterated they'd cost 5p.
The study, released in August, found a spike in San Francisco hospital emergency room treatment due to E. coli infections and a 46 percent increase in deaths from foodborne illness in the three months after the bag ban went into effect in 2007. E. coli bacteria, common in the human intestine and frequent suspects in food poisoning, can range from harmless to lethal.
Laws against plastic bags often encourage the use of reusable totes to transport groceries. But as people tend to neglect washing those bags, increased food contamination becomes likely.
"Using standard estimates of the statistical value of life," the study's authors point out dryly, "we show that the health costs associated with the San Francisco ban swamp any budgetary savings from reduced litter."
Dont accept the 5p bag, and get a 10p for life, a 10p bag will take 3 times the amount of a 5p bag.
only pooper is remembering to bring them with you when you decide to shop
They don't they are crap for the most part and break almost as easy plus you can't use them in bins etc!
Yeah, they have bin bags for that. Unless you're buying bricks - they are perfectly adequate.
Use self service check out and just put 0 in 'bags used'...but take a bag anyway.
Wonder if anyone has been stopped for theft when doing that? No way would the police be called for 5p lol...
Speaking of the 5p bags, the difference in quality is quite noticeable. Sainsburys bags are really good, Tesco average and the Co Op just seem to be using the same bags that were free.
It amuses me how much drama a 5p bag can make.
Most people won't pick up a 5p if they drop it. Yet pay for a bag? Hell no!
I always buy them, 5p makes zero difference.
Also Curry's tried to charge me 10p for a regular carrier bag the other day instead of the standard 5p. It felt like blatant profiteering so I gave their £40 headphones back and told then I would buy them somewhere else that didn't try to rip me off.
For real??
Hell hath no fury like a man that is overcharged for a plastic bag.
Occado will give you 5p back for every bag you return on subsequent home deliveries.
Andi.
I couldn't care less about the price. It was about the principle. Unless we vote with our wallets we will get taken advantage of.
Occado will give you 5p back for every bag you return on subsequent home deliveries.
Andi.