it's the offer to double bag that I'm worried about. That will just be sheer profiteering.

Yeah, by rewarding the very companies who introduced em in the first place and hoping they don't just pocket the cash.

Tommy is correct, it's something I considered about home shopping.
The drivers are already tracked by sat and they certainly will be the ones punished over extra time taken to unload, and the tortes want the unions nobbled so they can't do anything about it.

The supermarkets already advertise manipulative horse5hit with their price comparisons that are akin to marking their own homework, they want you to use self check outs so they don't need to bother paying somebody to do it, they front sell booze with abandon and have homogenised every city in the land.

It's sloppy policy to simply keep hitting individuals so enterprise can do all they need to profit.

hahaha!

A Woman in M&S last Friday was at the counter with over £100 worth of clothes, woman serving her Demanded she pay 10 pence for a Quality bag, just in case you have to bring one of your items back, We don't want it returned in a bag You have had your fruit, veg, meat or fish in, the Shopper left All the clothes on the counter and walked out!!.

Long Queues in Poundland, 5p for a bag that might last 100 meters before splitting, or 10p for a better quality bag, But the till girls are only used to giving £Pounds as change, even though the till machine tells them what change to give, they are still struggling to keep up, anyone would think they Never do maths at School.

1 Month ago when you bought 5 items at the co op, they asked would you like a bag(free) - "No I will juggle my shopping for the Mile walk up the road", now when you buy 3 items and its 5p for a bag that might last 100 meters before splitting- "Shall I double bag it for you" FFS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-34522034

Security tags have been put on baskets at a Tesco store in Oldham after a third of them were stolen in the week carrier bag charges were brought in.
A spokesman for the Chadderton store confirmed it introduced security tagging after a spate of thefts.
On 4 October, a 5p charge was brought in for carrier bags in larger retailers across England.
The supermarket said basket thefts rose massively last week.
Some Tesco stores in London have begun security tagging plastic bags to prevent thefts.

It's an absolute balls up.
I received a home delivery from tescos the other day and was sent 18 bags.
I rang them to inquire firstly why returning the same number of bags doesn't cancel the charge or give credit since the bags are now currency.
I was told that they never did that but will take the bags off you for free.
I said so you charge when you give them out but expect them to be given back for free?
She said it was the law, so I said you sent 18 bags and charged for 8, so you arnt fulfilling your duty there either.
I then said if the bag is a problem taking the same number of bags back to the number that is given out cancels the problem.
She said the money goes to a local initiative in your area.
But I said, but you wouldn't need to if the bags get cancel as there's no net excess.
She was puzzled.
I then said why did I get five bags with only one item in each? Crisps and crumpets etc.
She said it's because that's the way they do it.
I said the landscape has changed so what are you going to do about it
She was puzzled again.

It's complete bobbins, the supermarkets should be held accountable.

What do you expect? It's basically been the supermarkets idea to bring all this in. They get to save millions of pounds, get there customers to give them money to give to charities and then get to brag about all the money they have given to charity.

The whole idea for this to be established in the UK was born by M and S when they started to charge for their food hall bags. They saved about £ 8 million a year on bag production costs then gave the other £8 million profit to charitable causes and advertised that they were green and eco friendly and gave millions of pounds to charity.

Not a surprise the other supermarket wanted a cut of it as well. The supermarkets would have likely all brought this in themselves if it wasn't legislated for.

""She said the money goes to a local initiative in your area""

Going to finance the Food banks might be a Better idea

I applaud the idea, but supermarkets should charge £1 per bag rather than five pence.

Stick the appropriate number of bags in your pocket before you leave home

Who wants to walk around with carrier bags in their pocket like a tramp? Are you Scottish or something?

Two holes

Its the first time ive walk past security with chicken bres

The idea of 1 quid a bag is ludicrous.
I'm all for people being more responsible when considering the impact of their actions when they go into a large retailer who wants them to spend spend spend and take home as much as they can carry. Remembering to put the bags for life back in the car for next time is a small change and easily accomplished.
However that luxury doesn't apply to all circumstances, some people don't have cars for a kick off and then there is the whole home shopping fiasco.
The bottom line here is that politicians don't have the b ollocks to do the right things here, hold the very people to account who mass produce and implement these bags, and the retailers themselves have always been the guilty ones for not coming up with a viable alternative to the problem they created.

Taking money from customers does have some effect, but it doesn't address the problem at source, and the concept of taking a payment to dissuade usage to then fund something to help eradicate is so fraught with issues it's also plain daft.
The funding mechanism is fraught with inefficiencies, the money poorly used and lost along the way.

What is wrong with the value of the bag being retained and the returning of the bags to cancel what have been used with any not getting returned being the ones that then cost people?
Supermarkets are making their own agendas, saying its the law that defines their actions, then making up their own distinctions regarding home shopping simply on the basis that they can't be arsed or don't want to have to spend more to eradicate the damage they themselves are creating, but are happy to finger point at their own customers, those they rely on who create the revenue, as if it was the evil customer who started this facade.

I hope people open their eyes, I hope these large corporations lose further market share as a result of poor planning as other retailers get clued up and improve the way they work either forcing the likes of tesco and possibly sainsburys to do the same, or lose out to competition.

yes,i;ve had many an old bag btw

Save the world pay 5p for a plastic bag