On 2014-06-04, John Williamson wrote:

On 04/06/2014 18:01, Bob Minchin wrote:

So presumably you buy bin liners and put those into landfill?

We have a holder specially designed for the supermarket carrier bags so
ours get re-used for waste at minimal cost.

We use carrier bags in the bathroom bin, but we are still getting free
ones at a sufficient rate.


Is this legislation really key to the UK survival from its economic
problems FFS

No, it's a sop to the Green lobby. There are,though, some reasonably
good reasons for bags to be charged for.

AIUI, countries/regions that have imposed carrier bag charges have
discovered a decline in litter afterwards as a pleasant side effect.