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5p charge for plastic bags
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I'd happily see the reintroduction of corporal punishment for fly tipping and littering offences, especially those involving milkshakes.
In all seriousness, fly tipping and littering costs local authorities £100m's a year to clear up and can blight an area within weeks. If the 5p charge has the same affect in England as elsewhere it can only be a good thing.1 -
You would be surprised, solar power everywhere, tons of stuff is recycled.Huskaris said:
Probably because they would rather export that plastic elsewhere. I don't quite see the Chinese as environmentalists.Stu_of_Kunming said:Just under 10p a bag in China with a MUCH lower cost of living / average salary.
The problem is the billion cars and factory owners who don't give a ++++.0 -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36917174
"Plastic bag use has plummeted in England since the introduction of a 5p charge last year, the government says.
In the six months after the levy was brought in last October, 640 million plastic bags were used in seven major supermarkets in England, it says.
In 2014, the waste reduction charity Wrap estimated the same supermarkets had used 7.64 billion bags.
The government says if the trend continues over the year, six billion fewer bags will be used."4 -
Part of the 5p charge for bags goes to charity, and since the ban this has raised 30 million pounds.3
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I thought I read somewhere (edit Guardian in April) that Tesco alone has already donated £20 million and tha virtually all the money raised is charity bound.
8 million Tesco shoppers have already voted for which causes they want the money to go to.
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They must have voted for it to go to West Ham.A-R-T-H-U-R said:I thought I read somewhere (edit Guardian in April) that Tesco alone has already donated £20 million and tha virtually all the money raised is charity bound.
8 million Tesco shoppers have already voted for which causes they want the money to go to.
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Sainsbury bags do not officially fall into the 5p category but they still charge.
"Donating" the money raised to charity.
The whole thing is a con IMO and I rarely believe any official published figures anymore.1 -
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Should be more like 25p a bag. We've all got bags at home. No need to endlessly supply these bags only for them to end up in landfill, an incinerator or the ocean.paulie8290 said:3 - Sponsored links:
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Len Glover will be furious.
They're only out to get you Len.0 -
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ipad is going in the bin4
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Don't do that, it'll only go to landfill, an incinerator or the ocean.Off_it said:ipad is going in the bin
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I understand that the 5p charge exceeded expectations. Not everyone cares though, so I think the 10p charge is a good idea. We need so much more than that to tackle the problem of plastic. I think the focus needs to be on stray plastic rather than that which goes into designated landfills. Indeed many old landfill sites have been covered over and are now places of natural beauty and, because they can't be built upon, have become wonderful wildlife habitats. The real problem is with items that are carelessly discarded and find their way into the landscape/water system. The real focus needs to be on littering; whether large scale corporate littering or the individual littering by small-minded selfish individuals. Fines for this should be massive and there needs to be plenty of enforcement to ensure that people get the message.paulie8290 said:2 -
Packaging need to be the next focus. Ridiculous packaging for most items.3
