"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , fred writes
Anyone else effected, unimpressed or disinterested?
Wow, so many replies . . . .

I just wanted to canvass a bit of opinion and prompt a debate.
As I did say, I am a bag re-user, I just resent the 'tax' and the
envirospeak
BS.
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fred

i live in Ireland & its amazing how quickly it catchs on. Most people rarely
pay the tax now (15C). You just get into the habit of always having bags in
the car. B & Q don't do paper bags here. I work in a gift shop & we provide
paper bags free of charge at a huge cost to the company. A plastc carrier
bag is lest than 1c , but a paper one is about 20c. The big supermarkets ,
Tesco etc, don't have paper bags. They would save millions if they didn't
have to give away plastic bags. I believe they are pushing for it in
Britain, but can't be seen to be too eager to their customers.

http://www.oasis.gov.ie/public_utili...ntal_levy.html