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Plastic bag charges as from 5 October
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Lynda ~ | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:02 |
I wonder if you will be charged for a plastic bag, if you buy a dress for instance? |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:06 |
Meat fish sanitary wear medical goods |
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KathleenBell | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:12 |
I don't think I would buy a dress (not that I wear dresses, lol) if they didn't put it in a bag. |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:13 |
There's a charge for the majority of bags used in Wales. If I buy a dress then I have to pay for a bag the same as if I buy food from the supermarket. |
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Jane | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:17 |
Yes I paid in M&* for bag for food this week. |
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StrayKitten | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:28 |
I usually buy my bags anyway, i buy the decent quality bags for life, in which ever shop im in, |
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supercrutch | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:30 |
Definition of chargeable bag....if it's got handles! |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:40 |
In Wales there's a whole list of exceptions to the bag charge and England is going to be even more complicated |
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Lynda ~ | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:45 |
I don't always know when I'm going to shop, I might go in a suprmarket for a loaf of bread, but come out with a weeks shopping, so I haven't always got a bag with me. M&S have been charging for a long while, when they first did it, I told them to keep the shopping and walked out, stroppy mare I am :-D |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:48 |
In Asda the thin one use bags are going to be 5pence... now that is a rip off |
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supercrutch | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:48 |
Hmmmm the charges for bags in Wales are supposed to be sent to charities (monies generated are available online). |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:49 |
Lynda if I forget to put my small folding shopper in my handbag then I have learnt to do a terrific balancing act |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:51 |
A number of 'dress' shops now use paper carrier bags, which are much nicer and quite useful as little bins as they stand up on their own :-) |
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Lynda ~ | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:52 |
It's all a bit dopey isn't it :-) |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:55 |
We have to pay for paper carriers too and they disintegrate when wet. |
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supercrutch | Report | 8 Sep 2015 18:58 |
Well as a miserable wotsit who always refused to pay 5p for a bag, ADVERTISING the shop, the charge didn't bother me when it was introduced in Wales :-D |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 8 Sep 2015 19:03 |
OH well any old bag will do :-D :-D |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 8 Sep 2015 19:04 |
Did you have an email from Waitrose? It says that when the charge comes in, they won't be packing their deliveries in bags, unless specifically asked to. |
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supercrutch | Report | 8 Sep 2015 19:10 |
Asda deliver ours, we specifiy 'no bags' but THEY still use them for fresh meats, toiletries and other bits where smells could contaminate and these are free. |
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Lynda ~ | Report | 8 Sep 2015 19:10 |
I did get an email from Waitrose Det, and thought exactly the same as you about the driver. |