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AIBU to wonder why some people still buy new carrier bags every time they visit a shop?

103 replies

Beon · 13/06/2026 17:06

It’s 10.5 years since the bag charge in England was introduced and longer in other parts of UK.

So why are some people still don’t go to the supermarket without bags? They are 40p each.

If a family buys an average 8 bags a week - supermarket, shops like Poundland. Over a year that’s at least £160 a year.

Anyone who uses brand new carrier bags for bin bags must have more money than sense. Bin bags are cheaper - per bag, bigger and ties up better.

The bag charge - kids at primary schools never lived through a time with free bags.

Its time thinking - money, phone, keys, bags

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lifeturnsonadime · 13/06/2026 17:09

I don't think that most people do this 'all the time'.

Occasionally I forget to take bags - I buy them.

Occasionally I forget to buy bin bags - I use a carrier instead.

Neither are done all the time.

Sirzy · 13/06/2026 17:09

How do you know they are buying every time and not just when they have forgotten though?

if I run in after work I sometimes realise I haven’t got a bag in the car so if I have too much to carry buy another bag. They always get used anyway!

Dinggirl · 13/06/2026 17:08

I usually take a reusable bag unless I've been somewhere else first like the gym and then decide to go at the last minute.