Carrier bag charge

huskydog
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edited January 2017 in General Chat #1

It's been a while since the supermarkets etc have been charging us for carrier bags , has anyone heard of any charity that has benefitted from this charge being passed on , well that what the supermarkets told us they would do ......................or have they just kept the profit surprised

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  • DavidKlyne
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    edited January 2017 #2

    HD

    This might be worth a look.

    David

  • huskydog
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    edited January 2017 #3

    Thanks DK, an interesting read , I thought the stores might put more info in store of how much and where it had gone ,

  • KENNYG
    KENNYG Forum Participant Posts: 215
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    edited January 2017 #4

    In twelve months the tax man had aprox  nineteen milion in vat.

  • N1805
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    edited January 2017 #5

    Thanks from me also.  I found the fact that they named the charities receiving the cash was an interesting mix of worthwhile causes.  

  • DSB
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    edited January 2017 #6

    Good to know that good has come out of the carrier bag thing.  Thanks for that link David.  Mind you I do a nice line in Co-op 10p carrier bags.. laughing

    David 

  • Spriddler
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    edited January 2017 #7

    I used to recycle my supermarket carrier bags as bin liners. Now I have to buy new proprietary bin liners for a one-off use which isn't very environmentally friendly is it?

  • Wherenext
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    edited January 2017 #8

    It is if you buy bio-degradable ones.

  • tombar
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    edited January 2017 #9

    I too used the bags for rubbish, in other words, they were re-usedlaughing.  However, I would like to know what the "Morrisons Foundation" isundecided

  • KjellNN
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    edited January 2017 #10

    They were used as bin liners in our house too, still have a pile of old bags to use up, but then we will have to start buying refuse bags.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited January 2017 #11

    Google is your friend https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/

  • Spriddler
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    edited January 2017 #12

    Fair comment, but even the smaller quantity of biodegradable ones require energy and materials when being manufactured in the first place!

    It's a bit like singing the environmental praises of electric or hybrid cars...........the electricity has to be produced somewhere. It's just that the nuclear contamination and coal or gas toxins are less concentrated in our high streets. A sort of NIMBY experience.

    I have several 'lifetime' bags from SuperU. Nice memento of sunny France, too wink

  • cyberyacht
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    edited February 2017 #13

    Hardcore and then concrete. wink

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