Deputy Peter Roffey publicises his 2002 Budget amendment to tax plastic carrier bags. (31240902)
MORE Guernsey stores are to stop giving away carrier bags.
Following the announcement on Tuesday that all major food retailers were going to introduce a 5p charge, Quayside has decided to follow suit. d B&Q could also introduce the charge in line with similar moves across its UK stores.
‘It’s a good time to go,’ said Quayside managing director Russ Fossey. ‘There’s a lot of public opinion for it, as well as our own thoughts on it. We try to reduce plastic bag use all the time.’ Money raised would be given to charity, he added.
The store will introduce the charge on 6 May, at the same time as the supermarkets.
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4 Article Comments
The idea of charging for plastic bags, and us all using fabric or other containers is great.It would be hoped the savings to shopkeepers would reflect in their prices!
Why don’t super-markets re-introduce the strong tall paper bags that were used some years ago?
When finished with, they could be re-cycled.
why can’t they supply an alternative eco friendly version, it’s always the shoppers who end up paying more. It’s a cynical way to get more cash out of the shoppers
Even the so called ECO friendly plastic bags are made from oil.A set of fabric bags,which are strong and last a lifetime are used by us every shopping trip.And by using them you are going to save your hard earned money.And any enterprising shopkeeper will supply them to his customers with his logo on!Its like everything to do with saving our planet,it seems a burden at first,but after a few months you don’t even think about it.If some of you knew what we do to sort our rubbish you’d have a fit!A point worth thought,if there was’nt so much packing around many items then there’d be that less rubbish to get rid of,and carry home!