Aaarrrrrghh

The Government cracked down on single use plastic carrier bags some time ago, charging 5p per bag with the money going to various charities. Well done.

Now I have another job for them, CRACk DOWN ON THESE DAMN THINGS. Charity plastic bags. We receive loads of the things, these 2, both for the same charity, arrived a couple of weeks apart, and all go into the bin.

I've no problem supporting the charities I wish to support but I'm getting fed up these dropping through the letter box.

Two reasons

1 - If I was to put stuff in all the bags I have received in the last couple of years I'd be walking around starkers, not a pretty sight I can assure you.

2 - Looking around the Close on collection day, I have yet to see one bag out on the doorstep, so I have to assume that all the others have gone in the bin as well. Another pile of plastic going to landfill.

I presume that some people must fillthem up and send them back, but I wouldn't mind betting that a lot more bags end up in the bin

And it's not just one charity, there are quite a few, one charity even stuck 2 bags through the door on the same day.  There are to many too often. I dread to think how many tons of plastic charity bags are dumped every year.

Rant over