People still buying bags when shopping

I can assure you i have not posted on about holidays.

How are you getting hurt about plastic bags. Get a life !

I mean don’t you caaaaaaaare about the environment @Mademetoxic ?! How could you have such hurtful horrible opinions <cries into pillow>

Fun fact: we are allowed to talk about other things than what’s on the subject of the thread.

But I am thoroughly entertained that after watching you have an angry and pious attitude to everyone for the whole thread, coming at people who don’t deserve to be attacked, only to COMPLETELY evade the subject when you’re caught out being a massive hypocrite. It’s wonderful when that happens.

Start your own thread.
Whinge about planes on another thread.

This is about plastic bags.

Yep.

Not everyone is just tossing them in the bin once they’ve finished the first use of them. I’ve also received Vinted orders in plastic bags and re-use those bags for different things.

Because you’ve posted about your abroad holidays on other threads.

Sorry, did you think planes have ‘nothing to do’ with damaging the environment?

I just don’t like a hypocrite that’s all. Attacking people (who aren’t actually disagreeing with you!) because they carry things in their pockets not in bags, apparently this is damaging the environment (lol!!) yet you holiday on planes.

How do you know i do?

What have planes got to do with this thread, when it's specifically about plastic bags.

If you want to whinge about planes start your own thread.

@Mademetoxic some of the stronger bags are already £1.50 or more.
Do I still sometimes buy one? Yes - usually when the paper bags provided by Primark, Waterstones and others are falling apart before I have even left the shopping centre and walking towards the bus stop.

If you care about the environment why do you still use planes?

Are there actually people in the world who have no idea how to re-use a carrier bag? I try and keep them by for shopping but I mostly line the bedroom bins with them (unsure why OP thinks this is wasteful when it means I’m not buying other plastic bags, but logic can’t prevail with everyone I guess)

At the end of the day people should care more about the environment. It's so upsetting to hear people's opinions.

I care about the marine life. Hence not buying plastic bags. It makes a difference.

The experiment has been run and the results are clear: it doesn't stop people from buying bags.

I'm guilty of it and I don't care. The bags are paper. We put our recycling in them and then put them in the recycling bin.

What are people even doing with all the spare bags?

-Use them as bin liners
-If you're heading out for the day and want to take any foodstuffs, drinks etc from home.
-If you have visitors and wish to give them food, wine or gifts to take home.
-I've recieved Vinted orders from people in store bags turned inside out (thus being sustainable in two ways!).

Plus a myriad other uses. If I didn't have these, I would just have to buy a roll of plastic bags from the supermarket. Now that WOULD be a waste of money and resources!

but if you're in your car already just keep bags in the boot all the time? That way you don't have to 'think' about it. Unpack shopping, stick the bags by the front door and back in the boot the next time you go to the car. involves no extra work, could save you £50-100 quid at least every year and saves 100s of plastic bags going to landfill/dumped and killing animals as above.

I'm sure people can afford a few bags and a pig bag. If not then obviously they are in grave trouble and need the money for food. That would be heartbreaking.

YANBU Percy Pigs are life. 🥰

Right? And? All four of those points are valid.

@Mademetoxic you sound very unhappy. Before taking on the world, maybe try and find some aspects of life that give you joy. Let someone else eat themselves up over nothing.

I spend more than £2 a week on bags when I'm in the UK. If that means I have more money than sense then the UK really is fucked 🤣 who wouldn't spend a couple of quid a week on convenience and basic hygiene. The bags are cruddy biodegradable ones anyway so are not exactly hardy, they turn to dust after a few months.

@Mademetoxic do YOU care about the environment? How much?

I have a shopping trolley on wheels
AND
I always have a Bag for Life
AND
a folding tote bag or two!

Smug, moi? 😉☺️

However, I don't judge other people who don't have reusable bags with them because my wife has ADHD. I know how difficult it is for her to be organised enough to always remember to put reusable bags in her rucksack.

I can't bear paying for carrier bags because I always think I could spend that money over a few weeks on essentials like Percy Pigs for example! 🐷🐽🐷

I usually have a bag or 2 in my backpack and have loads of cotton ones (recent peeve - Waterstones do some blue cotton bags branded by location eg a Newcastle or Oxford bag but the only Scottish one available is Edinburgh, which annoys me as the massive shop in Glasgow is the same same as the Piccadilly one in London) and pouch ones but will buy an extra one if out with a tiny handbag or needing an extra one. I will reuse them or eventually use as bin bags for the smaller bins.

I did wreck a bag last year by ramming a cereal box in so don't judge people with one or 2 new ones ;)

I travel by bus or foot so can't leave them in a car.

People just do not care.
It's so sad.

I don't think the OP helped herself by introducing the cost of the bags and the CoL. It's your money. If you want to buy bags, from a financial point of view knock yourself out as far as I'm concerned. Nothing to do with me.

But from an environmental angle I despair at some of these replies. And just because there are a lot of things which are also damaging and polluting doesn't mean that there is no point to reducing plastic bag consumption.

Again just bumping this post.