No More Free Carrier Bags As From 5Th October So....

[gina32]

If you get to the checkout and have forget yours and have to pay 5p for one would you leave your shopping or would you pay?

[Mamyalynne]

Pay.

[gness]

It's worked beautifully in Ireland.....if it makes people think more about what happens to them I'm all for it....

I have those little foldaway bags in my handbag and for a bigger shop I have the dreaded, blinged up trolley......☺

[Lie-in King]

Pay.

[MargoTester]

I've got at least a dozen reusable bags in my car but on the odd occasion I forget to take them into the shop. I would probably put the shopping back into the trolley/ basket and bag it at the car, depending on how much of a rush I was in. If it was just a few bits I would probably pay for one carrier bag.

[Davemano]

If it is clearly displayed, then why go to the checkout without your own bags if you don't want to pay the 5p

[Dee Sa]

I would ask first did the store have an empty box for me to use if not I would take my shopping in the trolley and place it all in the boot of my car then find some bags when I get home to get it into the house, why should I pay 5p even to advertise for them ?
Aldi & Lidl don't give bags but most people [except men customers] remember to bring their own, or leave bags in the car a does Margo for this purpose.

[ummmm]

I'd pay. I have lots of reusable bags but I often forget them.

[Mamyalynne]

No car here. so I remember my bags or pay- simple.

[ummmm]

Really Dee Sa...you'd unload your shopping onto the belt, back into your trolley, load into the boot of the car, and bag up outside your house....all to save about 20p.

[Prudie]

I'd pay. It's a good idea. Am I the only one with an entire kitchen cupboard stuffed to bursting with old carrier bags?

[ummmm]

Me too Prudie.

[ummmm]

Gness, do Ireland even give you the option to pay for a bag? Whenever we go back you use the brown bags they supply.

[lankeela]

I recycIe mine as dog poo bags - so I'd happiIy pay as I onIy ever do a smaII shop with a maximum of two bags.

[ivor4781]

who would leave their shopping for the sake of 5p ??

[Prudie]

I'm thinking the same thing ivor

[WELSHYORKIE]

We've paid for bags in Wales for a few years now - I have a boot full of foldaway bags and 'bags for life'

[gina32]

but it might not just be 5p it could be a lot of shopping. what will happen with the home delivery service I wonder, will they charge you for every bag they use. someone I know had 28 bags of shopping delivered, so that's another £1.40 more to pay

[hc4361]

Looks like I'll have to start buying plastic bin liners instead of recycling free carrier bags.

It's going to be a faff for the shops, too.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carrier-bag-charges-retailers-responsibilities

[hc4361]

That's a good point, gina. The home delivery shoppers are very generous with carrier bags, often putting only one item in a bag.

[ummmm]

You can ask for bagless. At least with Tesco you can. You bring the crate straight into your kitchen.....or they do.