In message , Rick Dipper
writes

* I do re-use carrier bags, to dispose of rubbish, saving the cost/waste of
binbags, and to scoop up dog poop that kind owners fail to clear up next to
my house, but that I object to paying at a rate of 5p per poop for the
privilege.

Totally brilliant idea, should have happened years ago. Personally I
almost always refuse the carrier bags, as I use them for a few
minuites, and chuck them away.

I lived in Switzerland, where such ideas are more prevelant, if I had
my way, the whole country would be doing the swiss levels of
re-cycling the day after I became prime minister. Richard Brunstrooms
"speed pigs" would become the recycling police, with the ability to
issue massive on the spot fines.

The Germans have squads that search your bins that you put out, to
make sure you recycle all the right stuff.


I have also adopted the idea of unpacking the goods and leaving the
unwanted packaging for them to dispose of at the till

.... can be a bit of a bugger when returning defective goods, but if
they're going to make a token gesture of 5p a bag, then they could go
the extra 1500 metres and cut down on all that extra unnecessary crap
that the goods come packed in

--
geoff