Carrier bag charges still a no-show, Benyon being handbagged by Greenies Options

[gel]

I hope Benyon ignores this pressure to charge for supermarket bags; we have quite enough of Govn't telling us what to do already.

Weekly bin collections were removed with no democratic mandate, and WBC have
decided to not participate in the funding by central govn't to enable Councils to return to weekly collections.
The so called limited survey on issue was underhand/ no way representative.
Our local Cllr for the Downlands didn't even know when it was discussed in Council;
I managed to dig out, and surprise, surprise the Councillor wasn't at the meeting.

Inefficient wind turbines bleated about by Greenies cost us all hundreds of pounds in extra energy costs, and will only increase ever further under Blair/Camerloons committment to ridiculous emission targets.

All our supermarket bags are recycled anyway, so we'd still use them regardless.

All these carbon taxes are slowly smothering UK industry, especially large energy users;
these will simply decant elsewhere to countries who don't lumber their economies with
green taxes/ ignore EU rules.
So employment & tax take for UK plc reduces permanently, causing further damage to our balance of payments.

[Blake]

I do abhor the way the term "greenies" is used so churlishly and disparingly.

Saving the planet and slashing waste and emissions is a question of rationality if humanity wants to have any sort of civilised future.

I support the bag tax. The revenue could be used to clean up litter and bolster waste recycling.

I agree, I cannot abide those who drink bottled water; what a complete waste of resources.

[andy1979uk]

I do abhor the way the term "greenies" is used so churlishly and disparingly.

Saving the planet and slashing waste and emissions is a question of rationality if humanity wants to have any sort of civilised future.

I support the bag tax. The revenue could be used to clean up litter and bolster waste recycling.

I agree, I cannot abide those who drink bottled water; what a complete waste of resources.

I just take my own bags, bigger and stronger than the supermarket ones.

No issues with bottles water as the bottles are recycled, no diff to drinking bottled anything else.

[Andy Capp]

I doubt the bottles that litter popular walking/jogging routes are recycled. Drinking bottled water is different because other drinks are not on tap like water.

[andy1979uk]

I doubt the bottles that litter popular walking/jogging routes are recycled. Drinking bottled water is different because other drinks are not on tap like water.

tap water is not as nice to drink as bottled water

[Andy Capp]

tap water is not as nice to drink as bottled water

That is a matter of opinion, although I have seen reports that suggest people often don't know the difference.

[andy1979uk]

That is a matter of opinion, although I have seen reports that suggest people often don't know the difference.

I prefer bottled water and I recycle the bottles so am not sure why it would be an issue to some people.

[Andy Capp]

I prefer bottled water and I recycle the bottles so am not sure why it would be an issue to some people.

It is an issue for all the reason already posted. Recycling mitigates the environmental damage caused by manufacturing bottled water, it doesn't replace it.