Plastic Shopping Bags

I'm starting to get fed up with the whole anti shopping bag thing. When I go to the store I use the carrier bags quite happily because when I get them home they are stored in the cupboard and re- used for everything.

They line the bins in the kitchen and bathroom, are used to empty the cat litter trays and ashes from the fire, a bag sits in the kitchen whilst I am cooking and takes all the s****s up to the compost bin and a bag is always in the car for rubbish. Incidentally, I don't buy any bin liners of any type.

So in Marks & Sparks in Edinburgh recently I felt ready to smack the assistant who rolled her eyes when I chose to take the hangar that came with my trousers and asked for a second carrier bag as my friend and I had both purchased items but were going in different directions.

What is the point of taking your shopping home in a cardboard box that some stores provide if you are chucking in 2 types of plastic bin liners at the same time?

TO

 

vegetable peelings!

not a swear word - honestly.

TO

 

SNAP! i always re use carriers as bin liners but i did buy a tesco black bag and i get points for re using it

have you noticed the bags you get now are so weak they split so you need to actually double bag them? that doesnt make sense.