The Demise of the Carrier Bag

[towny44]

The question we should be asking is what on earth has number plates to do with carrier bags????

[wolfie]

Our number plate, made up at Halfords, is naked, except for the Reg. No.

Then I guess it doesn't conform to British Standards?

Hope you don't get your car impounded!

https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-pl ... dentifiers

[Silver_Shiney]

The question we should be asking is what on earth has number plates to do with carrier bags????

On, come on John, since when did a thread on this forum ever stay on-topic?

[Manoverboard]

The question we should be asking is what on earth has number plates to do with carrier bags????

If you get a replacement number plate Halfords will put it in a carrier bag .... simples

[towny44]

The question we should be asking is what on earth has number plates to do with carrier bags????

If you get a replacement number plate Halfords will put it in a carrier bag .... simples

...............and it will cost you an extra 5p.

[Manoverboard]

The question we should be asking is what on earth has number plates to do with carrier bags????

If you get a replacement number plate Halfords will put it in a carrier bag .... simples

...............and it will cost you an extra 5p.

Excellent value for money, surely

[oldbluefox]

Costs nothing if you take your own bag or you tuck them under your arm and sling them in the boot until you get home.
What happened to paper bags like wot we used to 'ave when I were a kid? It don't seem right to bung yer birfday cards in wiv yer tatties n beetroot. Surely a paper bag would help to keep them clean. I expect the card shops will now be up to their necks in poly bags which, at 5p a time for a little bag, they can't get rid of!!!
(Casually shifts the topic back on track).

[Romig1]

Off Topic

My final word on the topic (or off-topic as the case may be)

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... 160914.pdf

You are correct Shiney, there is a need to take your docs to Halfords to get a replacement plate made up.

But, as can be seen on P8, a number plate without the name and postcode of the supplying outlet (and an identifying mark for the plate's manufacturer, will not conform to BS AU 145d. Whether this is a legal requiremnt though, I do not know.

[qbman1]

Since the current breed of RoboCop patrolling our streets cannot stop people texting or 'phoning whilst driving or preventing irresponsible parents smoking while driving precious little Daisy to school, then they are hardly going to worry about a number plate not bearing Halford's name now, are they ?!

More likely to get arrested for carrying a Lidl carrier bag in Cheltenham town centre !!

[Mervyn and Trish]

More likely to get arrested for carrying a Lidl carrier bag in Cheltenham town centre !!

Wash your mouth out with soap for such an obscenity Cubie.

How dare you mention Cheltenham?

[qbman1]

Snob !

[anniec]

Being a conformist , I shall get back on topic.

Do most of my Christmas shopping online and now it's rolling up chez Anniec Towers, the amount of useless plastic (to conform with the legislation no handles, so not reusable), bubble wrap, cardboard inserts, bits of screwed up brown paper, bits of polystyrene and assorted useless junk enclosed is quite mind-boggling. This morning I have filled up a large waste bin with this carp, about half of it totally unnecessary.

[towny44]

Getting back on topic, someone commented recently that if they were buying lots of items from say M&S they would expect the goods to be put in a free bag and packed by their staff as used to be the case.
We have been to M&S twice in the last month spending nearly £300 in total, at Pudsey because we were spending more than £100 we were given a large free heavy duty paper carrier, but had to pack it ourselves, at White Rose depite also spending over £100 there was no free bag and again we had to pack it ourselves.
I think next time I am in M&S I shall request (or demand) a 10 or 20% discount to compensate me for the inconvenience (yes I agree this is over the top), if I don't get it the goods will not be purchased.

[Manoverboard]

Why don't you take your own bag .... what a tight git

[towny44]

Why don't you take your own bag .... what a tight git

Moby, I did take my own bag but only because some stupid pratt says I have to to save the planet. Now this may have some validity for supermarket bags, but it should never have been rolled out to non food sales, IMHO.

[Ranchi]

I would have thought that most 'free' carrier bags would end up as a bin liner in the kitchen bin. Some of the supermarket 'free' bags were bio/uv degradable. Folks will now have to buy polythene bin liners so I guess the real issue (in many cases) will be; are the purchased bin liners as biodegradable as the previously re used supermarket bags.

[Manoverboard]

I would have thought that most 'free' carrier bags would end up as a bin liner in the kitchen bin. Some of the supermarket 'free' bags were bio/uv degradable. Folks will now have to buy polythene bin liners so I guess the real issue (in many cases) will be; are the purchased bin liners as biodegradable as the previously re used supermarket bags.

We have an duo enviro bin - ish fitted into our kitchen units and the landfill section holds 20ltrs. This size is way beyond that of a Supermarket re-usable bag and biodegradable liners are readily available.

[anniec]

I would have thought that most 'free' carrier bags would end up as a bin liner in the kitchen bin. Some of the supermarket 'free' bags were bio/uv degradable. Folks will now have to buy polythene bin liners so I guess the real issue (in many cases) will be; are the purchased bin liners as biodegradable as the previously re used supermarket bags.

I use the old flimsy carriers for packing shoes etc when we go away. Once I've exhausted the vast supply stockpiled over the last few months, I shall have to buy an alternative; no better for anyone, apart from the shops that now charge.

[GillD46]

I use biodegradable bags in my kitchen bin, have done for years. Though to be fair, we only put out one bag every 2-3 weeks. Our recycling bags are all biodegradable as well.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I'd agree with Towny that what was intended for the zillions of flimsy supermarket bags, many of which did get chucked into landfill, shouldn't really apply to the decent bag you ought to get when making a £100 purchase from a clothes store.

[towny44]

I'd agree with Towny that what was intended for the zillions of flimsy supermarket bags, many of which did get chucked into landfill, shouldn't really apply to the decent bag you ought to get when making a £100 purchase from a clothes store.

Thanks for that Merv, I was beginning to doubt my sanity with all the comments from the over zealous green brigade.

[Mervyn and Trish]

No problem John. Just don't get too used to me agreeing with you!

[towny44]

No problem John. Just don't get too used to me agreeing with you!

Yes that would be a Calamity!!!!!!!!!!

[wolfie]

There are, believe it or not, small material bags that zip up into a few inches square, that can be used for most clothes purchases. I keep one in my handbag for such purchase so that it is never used for food items. Simple really!

I had to go out yesterday to purchase some flowers from M&S for a speaker at our monthly meeting of PUK. Normally I would just take the flowers home in their wrapping BUT it was an awful day, wind and rain, so I purchased a flower bag for 5p.My choice to do so or not to. Battered flowers In a bag or not? FGS, it's only 5p and for other purchases you can take your own!

[towny44]

There are, believe it or not, small material bags that zip up into a few inches square, that can be used for most clothes purchases. I keep one in my handbag for such purchase so that it is never used for food items. Simple really!

I had to go out yesterday to purchase some flowers from M&S for a speaker at our monthly meeting of PUK. Normally I would just take the flowers home in their wrapping BUT it was an awful day, wind and rain, so I purchased a flower bag for 5p.My choice to do so or not to. Battered flowers In a bag or not? FGS, it's only 5p and for other purchases you can take your own!

You miss the point, yes you can but why on earth should you? Surely it has been the shopkeeper's role to provide you with a carrier bag for your purchases since Eve purchased the first apple, especially if the goods are high value.
Every free large clothing bag that entered our house used to be well used several times before its final journey to the charity shop or into the wheelie bin full of non recyclable rubbish, as I am sure used to be the case in most households.
This daft idea of extending the supermarket plastic bag ban to most other retailers will not reduce plastic bag usage, it just shifts the onus onto us to either "buy" one from the shop or carry a reuseable one and then have to buy extra bags for our rubbish.
Only a stupid civil servant, with help from the Daily Mail, could dream up such a daft idea.