- Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:25 pm
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Mm, I always take bags with me when I go to the supermarket - whether or not they give out free bags. As well as the obvious environmental benefits, it helps somewhat for budgeting: if I've only brought three bags with me, I'm not going to be able to carry that extra bottle of pop home.Malcolm Armsteen wrote:There was a vox pop on the Beeb earlier.
Young man with vacant eyes outside a Sainsbury's local speKing his bRanEs says that he can't see that 5p will make much of a difference to the environment...
Feck. Unpack that. He sees the world so much in terms of himself that he can't even comprehend that other people will pay the 5p charge as well, millions of times, so the money going to charity will, at first, be considerable. It's only about him. That sums up the TPA, does it not.
I know for a fact that Sainsbury locals sell little foldaway bags for £1. So the 21st time he uses it he's in profit, plus he's got a little bag for other occasions...
When I'm in France I don't have the choice - no bags in the supermarkets - so I make the huge intellectual leap to - wait for it - take a bag with me! In fact, just like I do in England. Of course it's so hard that I have to lie down with a copy of the Express over my head afterwards.