*International Plastic Bag Free Day* tomorrow July 3rd

Like others on here, we haven't used plastic bags for years. Apart from anything else, the large, sturdy, reusable ones are so much better and hold a lot more.

Any plastic bags such as those from the takeaway, and other soft plastic packaging, go in a large cage in our Tesco where they get collected for recycling.

We also carry our own bags, hessian or cotton mainly, although the insulated bags will contain some plastic - but they have also been in use for nearly 10 years.

We have a few plastic bags remaining around the house, mainly because we never use them.

I use mainly cloth tote bags or Hessian shoppers for my " ordinary " shopping.

My supermarket items ( big shop, once a week ), goes in 2 of those insulated picnic baskets with handles. Cost about £6 from B & M/Home Bargains. These sit nicely in the supermarket trolley. I use the scanning handset as I go round and pack directly into them. A few people have stopped me to say what a good idea. Easy to lift in and out of the car boot and into the house.

The only plastic bags that come into the house now are MrLP's Iceland delivery ( once a month ), and the thin blue ones from the plant stall at the local market. I try to remember to take these back with me to re-use.

Any random bags that come into the house (ie with gifts or posted items ) are re-used as collecting bags for the charity shop. I always have one on the go and when it's full, off it goes!

Having said all that, I've just realised that I do buy plastic bin liners, as I don't like messy things like food waste going straight in my bin. Our area is supposed to be getting a food waste recycling bin sometime this year. The bag in my inside recycling bin gets re-used until it tears.

Gone are the days when I used to have a huge collection of plastic bags that might just come in handy!

Take care all xx

Parsley3

Compostable plastic free food bags are available. There may also be environmentally friendly poo bags. Dog owners will know.

There are. Most poo bags say biodegradable but judging by the ones that are left on the ground or hung on trees and are still there weeks, even months later biodegradable doesn’t have much meaning.

Compostable plastic free food bags are available. There may also be environmentally friendly poo bags. Dog owners will know.

Lidl provide paper carriers now, but no good if you do a big shop, because they’re only lidl.

Scooping up dog detritus in a paper bag 🤮
Oh I know! Don't have a dog!

Putting food waste, even if you have very little, in a plastic bin liner . . .

OK, I know, don’t eat food.

Thats easy don’t eat fish 🤣🤣🤣

The fresh fish from the fish stall in the market was in two small plastic bags. I cannot think of a way round that. I wouldn't have wanted to put my two fillets of smoked haddock directly into a cloth bag to carry it home.

I wish that they would just stop selling them, full stop. 😡

My supermarket bags are well used, they're always in the car. Yes like others I can't remember the last time I bought a plastic bag.

I use them all the time, the ones I have kept for years and reuse.

Same here. I can’t remember the last time I used one

It must be years since I used a plastic bag. 🤔