Is there no end to the deliveries of plastic bags put through our letter boxes, they are endless, I have had four of the darned things this week alone.
My automatic reaction on getting them is the dustbin & if I wish to donate I will go to the charity shop paradise Otley & donate to my favourite shop.
They must deliver thousands of the things & it must cost a fortune to get the bags made, organised & delivered & what is the response from Joe Public my guess is is as low as 5% & i'll leave it to you to work out how many are binned or used for rubbish disposal.
If a box was left at the end every street with the bags in a week later they may find the odd one or two was taken to collect pet dog donations.
You may think that I am biased but I class it as an invasion of my privacy although I do donate to my favourite charities on a regular basis cash wise.
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Started by catbazza, Jul 22 2011 02:54 PM
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Posted 22 July 2011 - 02:54 PM
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Posted 22 July 2011 - 07:58 PM
catbazza, on 22 July 2011 - 02:54 PM, said:
Is there no end to the deliveries of plastic bags put through our letter boxes, they are endless, I have had four of the darned things this week alone.
My automatic reaction on getting them is the dustbin & if I wish to donate I will go to the charity shop paradise Otley & donate to my favourite shop.
They must deliver thousands of the things & it must cost a fortune to get the bags made, organised & delivered & what is the response from Joe Public my guess is is as low as 5% & i'll leave it to you to work out how many are binned or used for rubbish disposal.
If a box was left at the end every street with the bags in a week later they may find the odd one or two was taken to collect pet dog donations.
You may think that I am biased but I class it as an invasion of my privacy although I do donate to my favourite charities on a regular basis cash wise.
My automatic reaction on getting them is the dustbin & if I wish to donate I will go to the charity shop paradise Otley & donate to my favourite shop.
They must deliver thousands of the things & it must cost a fortune to get the bags made, organised & delivered & what is the response from Joe Public my guess is is as low as 5% & i'll leave it to you to work out how many are binned or used for rubbish disposal.
If a box was left at the end every street with the bags in a week later they may find the odd one or two was taken to collect pet dog donations.
You may think that I am biased but I class it as an invasion of my privacy although I do donate to my favourite charities on a regular basis cash wise.
not really sure how it constitutes an invasion of privacy - however it is a complete pain to get so many so often, not exactly environmentally friendly either
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Posted 23 July 2011 - 08:10 AM
Yes the one that really annoyed me this week was the Breast Cancer one, which was complete with their logo of pink ribbon.
However when you looked closely it wasn't the UK charity but to help women in Lithuania, which is fine if thats the particular charity you support, but many people would have thought it was for Breast Cancer UK.
Always check the validity of these things, and to be honest I welcome them because it saves me buying liners for my waste bins.
However when you looked closely it wasn't the UK charity but to help women in Lithuania, which is fine if thats the particular charity you support, but many people would have thought it was for Breast Cancer UK.
Always check the validity of these things, and to be honest I welcome them because it saves me buying liners for my waste bins.
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Posted 23 July 2011 - 12:36 PM
I used to get really annoyed by them and put them straight in the bin, until I realised I could save a fortune on kitchen bin bags. Now I get annoyed when I run out! 
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Maniac Pony, on 23 July 2011 - 12:36 PM, said:
I used to get really annoyed by them and put them straight in the bin, until I realised I could save a fortune on kitchen bin bags. Now I get annoyed when I run out!
If I could get mine redirected to your residence I would with great pleasure.
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Posted 23 July 2011 - 05:27 PM
LOL! They're also great for collecting all your plastic bottles to take to Menston tip for recycling seen as Bradford Council don't collect. And, if you carefully cut the end of the bag the bag comes in, you can use it to collect dog poo from around Burley's parks!
You can also cut the bags open to create a sheet. These can then be stuck together with masking or gaffer tape and used to cover up the eyesaw that is Burley Co-op. If only they didn't have holes in them, you could inflate them and make a raft to get across the river Wharfe, which would save repairing the stepping stones or building a bridge too...
You can also cut the bags open to create a sheet. These can then be stuck together with masking or gaffer tape and used to cover up the eyesaw that is Burley Co-op. If only they didn't have holes in them, you could inflate them and make a raft to get across the river Wharfe, which would save repairing the stepping stones or building a bridge too...
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Posted 23 July 2011 - 07:50 PM
marygill, on 23 July 2011 - 08:10 AM, said:
to be honest I welcome them because it saves me buying liners for my waste bins.
Maniac Pony, on 23 July 2011 - 12:36 PM, said:
I used to get really annoyed by them and put them straight in the bin, until I realised I could save a fortune on kitchen bin bags. Now I get annoyed when I run out!
catbazza, on 23 July 2011 - 02:50 PM, said:
If I could get mine redirected to your residence I would with great pleasure.
ye gods - it's at times like this I realise I've lived in Yorkshire for too long !
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