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04-05-2006, 04:41 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Janet Baraclough writes
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clearly, in your case, you already do the right thing. In Ireland
quite a few people used to do this but the great majority (like in UK I
presume) did not and plastic bags got everywhere. Now most people do
it like you and all it took was a small law change.
It really worked (make it illegal to give plastic bags for nothing; you
must charge for them).

I don't dispute it worked, only (Sue's claim) that UK supermarkets
will take no action unless forced: they already do take action.

They haven't taken the critical action of withdrawing the free plastic
bags.

IMHO
the problem is that so many of the public, given a choice, choose
mess. Its the public who won't stop littering unless forced.

And well meaning initiatives like not allowing traders to dump their
waste free at recycling centres knocks on to more illegal dumping on
'waste ground' - aka green space in our urban centres.
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Kay