Storing plastic bags

And they give off a slight flicker which gives me a headache.
(The light bulbs, not the bags.)

Absolutely Lilygran. I did my bit and bought the exhorbitantly priced light bulbs and they are useless; I had to use three lamps instead of the one (sometimes two) that I would normally put on. I went straight back to the old fashioned light bulbs. They really don't think things through do they. And then we find out that you have to dispose of the carefully as they are toxic if the glass breaks!

But it's so difficult to get hold of the old fashioned light bulbs!!! All the major stores such as B&Q, Homebase etc. don't seem to stock them any more.

I must admit I did stockpile the old lightbulbs when I heard about the legislation coming in - the government generally get everything a*se about face and I suspected they would do the same with this and they did.

I think they are toxic because they contain mercury. We used to play with mercury in the lab at school!

Always shocked to see people in the UK putting batteries and light-bulbs in the bin- it is striclty forbidden here because they are so toxic- and we have no landfill, only incineration (where toxins from the above can be released in the atmosphere) - in landfill they are a timebomb.

Our council does supply us with a dinky little bag to put batteries in for recycling, but there are absolutely no indications as to where old light bulbs should go, so yes they do go in with the general rubbish.

petallus sorry only just remembered about this thread. My bag store thingamajig is stuck to the inside of the kitchen cupboard. Hope you're happy with it when yours arrives.

They are always threatening to charge for plastic bags so I make sure I have plenty.

My rubbish goes in a pedal bin with a lid under the sink and I put 2 supermarket bags in there for the rubbish. One isn't any good as they put air holes in them.

If I didn't do this, I would have to buy pedal bin liners. So much for saving the planet.