to resent having to ask for carrier bags now in Tesco?

[Ewemoo]

Our local Tesco has stopped supplying carrier bags at the checkouts and you now have to ask for them. The problem is I can't help but ask for the bags in a really grumpy and pissed off way. Why should I have to ask for bags like I've committed a heinous crime by failing to bring my own. I understand the idea behind it and I do my bit by recycling all my carrier bags. Why don't Tesco do their bit by reducing plastic packaging instead? I know that truthfully I abu but for some reason it really really annoys me.

SM, I am a rebel with a clue, at least on this one subject!

It isn't that long ago that we used to have to take string bags etc with us when we went shopping.

Or am I just old?

YABU. It's 15 eurocents per carrier bag here in Holland. Took a while to get used to and to remember to take my own, but when I go back to the UK and see the mound of crappy, ripped bags that I end up with even though we've only gone back for a fortnight, I think it's a great idea.
And yes, I do think that producers and supermarkets should take more responsibility for the volume of useless packaging produced. Doesn't mean I can't do my bit.

I have those Tesco re-useable bags but the problem is that I always forget and leave them in the car. I'm too busy getting ds sorted and into a trolley! And they're too big to scrunch up into my handbag.

I don't mind asking for carrier bags. What I do mind is having a trolley load of food, asking for bags and getting given them one at a time! and having to ask for another one every 5 seconds! As if the cashier is trying to make a point! You can see how much shopping I have so give me enough fecking bags!

M&S turtle string bags.

Are The Answer.

(Huge capacity, easy to carry (straps for hand or shoulder), fold up titchy and go in a handbag, And only £3)

Everyone saying 'I always forget mine', well, eventually you won't forget! Along with my keys, my handbag, phone and wallet, I pick up a bag on the way out the door. Did not used to. But always do now.

Seriously, it's good and one day you'll think everyone who forgets their resusable bags is a numpty.

Here in China, where some people live on 400 pounds a year a carrier at the supermarket is 16p. Can't blame them, awful things.

YABU

To be fair, I keep my large squarish hemp ones in the car as soon as I unpack the shopping. They are so much better for packing.

YABU but you know that.

We have a bag of bags in the car now and I have a little bag in my handbag too. My town seems behind on this really, most shop workers look at me in surprise when I say I have my own bag.

I do that in other shops too SammyK. Not just supermarkets. Anywhere really. There's not really any need to take the plastic bags in any shop.
And also, if out clothes shopping, once you've been given a bag by the first shop, stick all other purchases in that one too
Shop assistants hate it, because obviously the whole point is they want to advertise where you've just been shopping, but ha haaaar, not with me they don't.

Yabu, sorry.
Its not hard to have a couple of cloth bags in the car or stashed in pram

YANBU Tesco have very kindly provided bio-degradagble bin bags for us in the guise of carrier bags, why would I buy a hemp bag for my shopping and then buy a roll of bin liners too. Win Win for Tesco there.

YANBU.

Its been proven that reducing the use of carrier bags will have little effect on the enviroment and on landfill.
It's just another stealth tax

Yes clothing shops are particularly put out by me not wanting their bags.

YABU.

I have had to shock horror ask for a bag, and all you do is say "can I have a bag please". It is not difficult.

I do agree though that it will have little impact on the environment, because it will make some people think they are doing their bit by not using a new bag, but hey, Every Little Helps!

What? It's a stealth tax? It would not cost you a penny if you did not forget to bring a bag with you!!???

Every energy saving lightbulb makes a difference, every plastic bag not used, every tap turned off whilst someone brushes their teeth etc etc etc....

Attitudes suggesting all these things make little difference are exactly the attitudes that mean that we will end up in a very sorry state indeed in less than a hundred years.

Noone is perfect, noone does eeeverything they should, but bit by bit it all adds up and DOES make a difference!!! Argh.

I don't believe that "little things make a difference". I believe this theory of 'greenwashing'

This is a long document but sums up what I believe

try this instead!

Maybe it is a stealth tax and certainly packaging needs to be cut down. M&S are the worst offenders - they'll be packaging grapes individually soon.

Slightly depressing that on recent trip to Spain found that the supermarkets are using more packaging for their fruit and veg - along with the introduction of more ready meals.

These bags by Susan Bijl are brilliant. Bit like the Onya ones - huge capacity, made out of parachute material and superstrong - and don't cut your hands to shreds like plastic bags. They have a couple of UK stockists but you can buy online (ahem, ignoring the irony of having bags shipped from Holland). Going to try the Onya bags and their reusable water bottles look good.

but packaging needs to be cut down.

I think if my local starts making it that you have to ask or they start charging I will remove any surplus packaging and let them know "I'm not paying to take your rubbish home with me" and I'm sure TBD and Mum will be pleased to know they're not shopping with me (should see Mum's face when I see someone in P&C spaces)