I am pleased to see some UK supermarkets are phasing out plastic bags. Here in NZ, they are still used , but there is encouragement and increasing social pressure not to... and to buy the supermarket re-useable ones. And they are certainly nice and cheap at 99c each. But I often seem to leave them either at home or in the car. And my kids give me a hard time for using my willow basket or string bags (too much association with the 'granny' image).
But this is a neat idea. Little bags that roll up like socks. Nice colours too. And washable so you can get the potato-soil out. Flip & Tumble.
For a few years, we have rarely had to grab any supermarket bags. Taking your own bags is an easy habit to get into. I just wish there was more we could practicably do to save our planet. Refusing supermarket bags seems like a drop in the ocean.
ReplyDeleteWell done, YP. I guess every little bit helps. I read somewhere that every day in New Zealand five plastic bags are used per head of population. I couldn't believe it, until I thought of all the plastic that comes around the biscuits, the meat, in the letterbox, the DVD's etc etc...
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