As Carrier Bag Has Come Into Affect In Scotland.

[LochNessMonster]

Do you know what charity any company gives the money to. Or does it go the paid the company staff or shareholders ?

[Daffy6543]

Do you mean carrier bag charge/fee?

[LochNessMonster]

Thortons Chocolates donate to the National Trust found this out today.

[janbee]

I thought it went to local charities

[LochNessMonster]

Yes , Daffy6543 forgot to type fee - I'm a silly monster.

[janbee]

How's Mrs Nessie ?

[Mamyalynne]

Tesco


Tesco partners with Keep Scotland Beautiful to launch environmental grant scheme
£50,000 to be distributed to 200 groups across the country

[LochNessMonster]

She is getting spoilt Janbee. x

[Buenchico]

Tesco give the money to
http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/

[woofgang]

marks give theirs to a marine charity

[Buenchico]

Sainsbury's have removed all single use carrier bags and replaced them with reusable ones at 5p each. Since they're reusable, they're not subject to the same rules as single use bags but they're still voluntarily donating 1p per bag to local charities. (Based upon the charities that Sainsbury's already support, they're likely to be very small organisations serving very small areas. Sainsbury's display notices telling customers which charities they are).

[BlackadderV]

My Sainsbury's this morning were still dishing them out for free, although this is in England. Incidentally, I just got to wonder: these 'reusable' bags carry a legend that when worn out you can return it to the shop and have a replacement for free. Has anyone ever done that?

[woofgang]

yes, I have done it in waitrose and seen other people do it in Tesco

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, I have too.

[ummmm]

Aren't reusable bags different to 'bags for life'?

[BlackadderV]

Really? I wouldn't have the brass neck to show myself up in a shop for the sake of 10p.

[woofgang]

Why not? That's the deal. I don't do it often as when i buy the bags for life they tend to get used for other things like gardening or dropping stuff off at charity stores, but I have no preblem with it.

[Buenchico]

Scotmid Co-op are adding the money to what they already provide by way of community grants:

[BlackadderV]

A bag for life is cockney rhyming slang, 4 letters, beginning with w

[ummmm]

I have loads of bags for life. They a brilliant for around the house.

[Buenchico]

Oy! Where's my video gone?