Plastic bags
Supermarkets want us all to do some marketing for them by carrying around plastic bags emblazoned with their logos. In the past I always felt a bit embarrassed about carrying a bag from one chain in a rival store.
But now I've decided to stop using one-trip carrier bags, for all the obvious environmental reasons.
Of course, the main supermarkets all realise that attitudes are changing and are wisely selling, or giving away, their own branded 'bags for life' or organic cotton bags.
Budgens hasn't yet woken up to this change in consumer habits. At the checkout today in their Hook branch, as I started putting my purchases in a Marks and Spencer bag for life, the assistant asked me "Don't you like using our bags then?".
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Tristan Mills
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01 December 2007
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14:39
Its a pity that London's councils want to ban plastic bags then. Its tokenistic environmentalism.
I personally use unbranded bags for my shopping, except where I've had to go to the shops unexpectedly.
Those plastic bags I do get are great for using again though, most often as bin liners. Banning plastic bags will mean I have to spend money on bin liners, which are usually bigger, thus causing far more inconvenience and more plastic use from myself.
I personally use unbranded bags for my shopping, except where I've had to go to the shops unexpectedly.
Those plastic bags I do get are great for using again though, most often as bin liners. Banning plastic bags will mean I have to spend money on bin liners, which are usually bigger, thus causing far more inconvenience and more plastic use from myself.
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01 December 2007
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15:52
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I'm not sure that it is tokenistic. Any environmentally motivated action - recycling, reducing the packaging you buy, re-using goods, refusing to buy food flown thousands of miles, using public transport, cycling, walking - could on its own be considered tokenistic. But added together they can make a difference.
And people are triggered by different things to start thinking about their own personal responsibilities. In Ireland, banning one-use plastic bags started a whole new debate about how think globally but act locally.
And people are triggered by different things to start thinking about their own personal responsibilities. In Ireland, banning one-use plastic bags started a whole new debate about how think globally but act locally.
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