From March 15, 2007, Ikea will charge a nickel per bag, proceeds of which will go to American Forests.
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The thing that gets me is I remember, as a kid, all shops charging for plastic bags. It was as much as 5p 25 years ago. Then some places did two qualities - throw away that were free and thicker ones you bought. This was viewed as good customer service. Then the thicker ones went (or were made free)... only in the last 6 or 7 years have most supermarkets reintroduced "bags for life" which you have to buy.
I really think that charging for bags is a positive idea - get rid of the free ones and charge for them all to make people think twice about taking them.
We tried having our shopping delivered by a supermarket a few months ago - never again simply because of the number of bags. There was a separate one for each department even if there was only one item in the bag! I couldn't believe it (and that was a place that is encouraging reuse...)
I'd much prefer paper bags - our cat used to love playing it them!
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