2Soxx
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 11:18:33 AM | Taking a tip from trappedonbayst:
Ikea is to become the UK's first major retailer to regularly charge customers for plastic bags, to try and tackle waste and environmental damage.
The Swedish firm will charge shoppers 5p for every bag with immediate effect, rising to 10p in September.
Now then! Whaddya all make of that?
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2Soxx
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Joined: 2/14/2006
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 11:20:38 AM | Think I'll do the same..........nah............I'm off out to enjoy the sunshine and take some photographs, have fun everyone  | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 11:23:01 AM | | Just be careful pointing that camera near the sun won't you. Can't have you going blind. I mean,we've seen some of your other birds! | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 11:23:37 AM | Places have charged for bags for years.
So I don't see the big deal with ikea charging for plastic bags. | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 11:34:59 AM | What they should do is use paper bags at least they are more enviromentally friendly
they used to a few years ago,now i dare say its some what inconvient having to use paper bags no handles but at least they dont come and made from oil and they decay a lot quicker than plastic | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 11:42:19 AM | | What will happen if the other retailers follow suit, is that more bin liner will be manufactired from the same material to make up for the lost bags.. only losers will be the public, who will have to pay for the bin liners.. which end up in the recyling bin anyway.. ... so much more work for the lady of the house.. it takes me ages to sort out the recycling into different.... plastic Tesco/sainbsury's/Ikea/ bags /........... So i'm nmot sure why they are really bothering.. maybe if the manufacturers cut out on the fancy packaging they use, have you ever tried getting into one of those blister packs in a hurry! | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 11:57:38 AM | That is awesome! It takes something like this to make people aware of how wastful we can be. Sure, one single plastic bag may not seem much but it adds up in the average household that goes to the store once a week. Although I do recycle them already by using them to line my smaller wastecans with.
PS I live the US. Oh this is in the UK where they are doing this. Darn why can't the US be an example and do something nifty like this? grr | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 12:00:32 PM | I use mine for filling with dog poo
Which considering you don't have a dog is very disturbing!!! | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 12:05:35 PM | | I myself think its a great idea... bring it on. Doesnt take very long or much to recycle your plastic bags from the supremarket does it. You can get ones that dont break as well! | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 12:20:08 PM | | If they cut out the free plastic bags, we'll have to buy poo bags and bin liners, so they will only have to make more.......... | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 12:32:41 PM | If they cut out the free plastic bags, we'll have to buy poo bags and bin liners
Bin liners? I guess I just have an odd mind but I've just had this vision of ML following her pet elephant around with a shovel and a bin bag. I wouldn't want to meet your dog!
OT plastic bags comprise a surprisingly high proportion of litter and landfill waste. When they taxed them in Ireland people discovered they could manage with 5% of the bags they'd been using before. I think everywhere should charge for them. | |
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Posted: 6/4/2006 1:10:16 PM | OMG... O M G.... this cant be true can it?? please say it isnt true.... how on earth will the UK be able to cope | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 1:12:32 PM | | Candlelight it is true i'm afraid. The next time you decide to 'create' your own fashions,it will cost you at least 5p | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 6/4/2006 1:13:28 PM | | This won't affect me really as I have bought 2/3 of the big blue bags, so when I go to Ikea I just take them along with me. Plus they are excellent for putting all the ironing in in the meantime | |
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2Soxx
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Joined: 2/14/2006
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 5/7/2008 11:00:42 AM | | My god even Marks and Sparks are doing it now*holds head in hands and runs around room screaming*if tesco start it then we are doomed......DOOMED I TELL YA.DOOOOMED. | |
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| Ikea to charge for plastic bags
Posted: 5/7/2008 3:34:52 PM | I work for a sister company of Tesco, and I hope we do start charging! It's criminal what I see people wanting bags for!  | |
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