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Anecdotally - I've mostly stopped using plastic bin liners in the smaller bins where I could previously have reused carrier bags from shops. Rubbish goes in the
by SifJar 6y ago
Anecdotally - I've mostly stopped using plastic bin liners in the smaller bins where I could previously have reused carrier bags from shops. Rubbish goes in the bin directly & that gets tipped into wheelie bin periodically. Slightly limits what I put in these smaller bins (essentially, dry stuff only - anything wet goes in larger bin that always required a purchased bin liner anyway), but otherwise impact is minimal.
- throwaway2245 6y agoDry waste doesn't get a bin liner for me either, but being on this thread implies you are unusually engaged with the issue. There are definitely negative externalities (whether that's paper bags, or bin liners, or food spoilage, etc!) that are entirely ignored when people in general talk about the benefits of the plastic bag tax. We don't know whether there has been any net benefit because that has not been properly studied. As an example, the UK government has tied the plastic bag tax to charity donations (but supermarkets were promoting charitable donations before any bag tax...?) and accepts self-reporting of sales by supermarkets (not amount of plastic consumed? and "bags for life" are not reportable!!), which makes it complete non-sense https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england/single-use-plastic-carrier-bags-charge-data-in-england-for-2018-to-2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charg...