| Tescos 07:03 - Sep 8 with 12640 views | Benters |
Has made £31.5m out of the 5p plastic bag charge !
In one year !
All that is going to charity right ? |  |
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| Tescos on 07:29 - Sep 8 with 6265 views | TractorWood |
How the proceeds are being used
This is not a tax and the money from the charge does not go to the government.
We expect retailers to give the proceeds of the scheme to good causes, but it is for them to choose what to do, and which causes to support. We ask retailers to report to us each year about what they do with the money from the charge. We publish a summary which includes details of the amounts of money given to good causes.
During the year from 7 April 2016 to 6 April 2017, almost two-thirds of retailers told us they gave over £66 million to good causes - amounting to 4 pence for every single-use bag sold by them. |  |
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| Tescos on 07:34 - Sep 8 with 6235 views | Currie10 |
Apparently since the 5p charge came in, shoplifting has sky rocketed. Remember reading something about this online. |  | | |
| Tescos on 07:36 - Sep 8 with 6222 views | noggin |
| Tescos on 07:29 - Sep 8 by TractorWood |
How the proceeds are being used
This is not a tax and the money from the charge does not go to the government.
We expect retailers to give the proceeds of the scheme to good causes, but it is for them to choose what to do, and which causes to support. We ask retailers to report to us each year about what they do with the money from the charge. We publish a summary which includes details of the amounts of money given to good causes.
During the year from 7 April 2016 to 6 April 2017, almost two-thirds of retailers told us they gave over £66 million to good causes - amounting to 4 pence for every single-use bag sold by them. |
All the money should go towards collecting and disposing of the plastic that is destroying marine life in the oceans. And with immediate effect, single use plastics should be outlawed. [Post edited 8 Sep 2017 7:39]
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| Tescos on 07:46 - Sep 8 with 6183 views | blue_oyster |
According to the Times, Tesco retained £3.4m of charity money for 'administrative purposes'. The other major supermarkets didn't. |  |
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| Tescos on 07:48 - Sep 8 with 6171 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Tescos on 07:46 - Sep 8 by blue_oyster |
According to the Times, Tesco retained £3.4m of charity money for 'administrative purposes'. The other major supermarkets didn't. |
Tesco are the biggest sharks going. |  |
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| Tescos on 08:40 - Sep 8 with 6077 views | J2BLUE |
| Tescos on 07:36 - Sep 8 by noggin |
All the money should go towards collecting and disposing of the plastic that is destroying marine life in the oceans. And with immediate effect, single use plastics should be outlawed. [Post edited 8 Sep 2017 7:39]
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They should but I must have about 100 bags for life at home. Not sure it would make that much difference. More awareness that they can be recycled (at Tesco, not in the blue bin) would be better. |  |
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| Tescos on 08:44 - Sep 8 with 6062 views | Vaughan8 |
Haven't Tesco stopped the 5p bags now and are making you buy a more expensive (assuming 10p?) "bag for life"?
Does seem a bit excessive to take £3.4m for admin purposes. Surely there needs to be some sort of checks on this and fines if not correct. I cannot see how it has cost the £3.4million! |  | | |
| Tescos on 08:49 - Sep 8 with 6048 views | TractorWood |
| Tescos on 07:36 - Sep 8 by noggin |
All the money should go towards collecting and disposing of the plastic that is destroying marine life in the oceans. And with immediate effect, single use plastics should be outlawed. [Post edited 8 Sep 2017 7:39]
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Fair and agreed. However, the sort of money we are talking about here wouldn't even begin to make a dent in cleaning up the world's oceans. Humanity needs to sort out consumerism and perpetual growth mentality, not carry on growing, consuming and throw contextually trivial money at it. | |
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| Tescos on 08:51 - Sep 8 with 6045 views | gerard1947 |
| Tescos on 07:48 - Sep 8 by ITFC_Forever |
Tesco are the biggest sharks going. |
I really despise Tesco, I would never shop there. |  | | |
| Tescos on 08:53 - Sep 8 with 6038 views | blue_oyster |
| Tescos on 07:48 - Sep 8 by ITFC_Forever |
Tesco are the biggest sharks going. |
That may be true, but I suspect there is a fine line between them and the others. | |
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| Tescos on 10:02 - Sep 8 with 5973 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Tescos on 08:44 - Sep 8 by Vaughan8 |
Haven't Tesco stopped the 5p bags now and are making you buy a more expensive (assuming 10p?) "bag for life"?
Does seem a bit excessive to take £3.4m for admin purposes. Surely there needs to be some sort of checks on this and fines if not correct. I cannot see how it has cost the £3.4million! |
They have indeed stopped the 5p bags. I seem to have accumulated 3 bags for life full of bags for life though. |  |
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It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Tescos on 10:07 - Sep 8 with 5953 views | noggin |
| Tescos on 08:49 - Sep 8 by TractorWood |
Fair and agreed. However, the sort of money we are talking about here wouldn't even begin to make a dent in cleaning up the world's oceans. Humanity needs to sort out consumerism and perpetual growth mentality, not carry on growing, consuming and throw contextually trivial money at it. |
Every little helps  | |
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| Tescos on 10:08 - Sep 8 with 5945 views | noggin |
| Tescos on 10:02 - Sep 8 by StochesStotasBlewe |
They have indeed stopped the 5p bags. I seem to have accumulated 3 bags for life full of bags for life though. |
Just don't throw them in the sea. | |
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| Tescos on 10:12 - Sep 8 with 5932 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Tescos on 10:08 - Sep 8 by noggin |
Just don't throw them in the sea. |
I actually use them (sparingly) for non recyclable waste, haven,t bought bin liners in ages. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Tescos on 10:13 - Sep 8 with 5917 views | WD19 |
| Tescos on 08:44 - Sep 8 by Vaughan8 |
Haven't Tesco stopped the 5p bags now and are making you buy a more expensive (assuming 10p?) "bag for life"?
Does seem a bit excessive to take £3.4m for admin purposes. Surely there needs to be some sort of checks on this and fines if not correct. I cannot see how it has cost the £3.4million! |
Not sure they are obliged to give any of the money to charity, although happy to be corrected if wrong. As such a fine is not appropriate.
This is one for the 'court of public opinion'. Other supermarkets are available and if you like the colour of their livery more then feel free to shop there etc etc.
Most supermarkets are likely to be rerouting the cash from this into their own charitable foundations (that they were funding before the charge came along) anyway....thus saving themselves a few quid whilst simultaneously looking like good eggs. |  | | |
| Tescos on 10:14 - Sep 8 with 5918 views | noggin |
| Tescos on 10:12 - Sep 8 by StochesStotasBlewe |
I actually use them (sparingly) for non recyclable waste, haven,t bought bin liners in ages. |
Bags for life are about 2 quid over here, which seems to defeat the object somewhat, to me. I do have them but most people don't or at least I don't see them. | |
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| Tescos on 10:16 - Sep 8 with 5907 views | Archer4721 |
| Tescos on 08:51 - Sep 8 by gerard1947 |
I really despise Tesco, I would never shop there. |
Me neither. Same goes for Sainsbury too. |  | | |
| Tescos on 11:36 - Sep 8 with 5826 views | Deano69 |
| Tescos on 08:44 - Sep 8 by Vaughan8 |
Haven't Tesco stopped the 5p bags now and are making you buy a more expensive (assuming 10p?) "bag for life"?
Does seem a bit excessive to take £3.4m for admin purposes. Surely there needs to be some sort of checks on this and fines if not correct. I cannot see how it has cost the £3.4million! |
I'd do the Admin for half that. |  |
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| Tescos on 11:38 - Sep 8 with 5814 views | Deano69 |
| Tescos on 10:14 - Sep 8 by noggin |
Bags for life are about 2 quid over here, which seems to defeat the object somewhat, to me. I do have them but most people don't or at least I don't see them. |
Thats the reason they are called bags for life, no one remembers to take them shopping so they last a lifetime unused | |
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| Tescos on 11:43 - Sep 8 with 5795 views | Blue_Order |
I get around the charge by taking a bed sheet to the supermarket, chucking all my items in it, tying a knot, slinging it over my shoulder, dragging it across the car park and into the boot of my car.
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| Tescos on 11:48 - Sep 8 with 5779 views | Ryorry |
| Tescos on 08:40 - Sep 8 by J2BLUE |
They should but I must have about 100 bags for life at home. Not sure it would make that much difference. More awareness that they can be recycled (at Tesco, not in the blue bin) would be better. |
Took some stuff to the tip yesterday, including one of those puffed up plastic beading cool boxes - (forgotten the name of the material, which breaks into 1,000,000 beads all over your kitchen floor given half a chance)* - there was no skip for plastics, and I was instructed to put it in the landfill skip :(
*Edit - remembered while picking runner beans! Polystyrene. Hate it. [Post edited 8 Sep 2017 13:47]
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| Tescos on 11:49 - Sep 8 with 5774 views | Ryorry |
| Tescos on 10:12 - Sep 8 by StochesStotasBlewe |
I actually use them (sparingly) for non recyclable waste, haven,t bought bin liners in ages. |
Same here. | |
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| Tescos on 11:57 - Sep 8 with 5739 views | poppiesman |
I shop at Tescos at least once a week. But never buy the 5p bags as always take my own 6 sportsdirect bags that my mate gave me when he worked there. Probably save at least 50p per trip! | | | |
| Tescos on 12:00 - Sep 8 with 5722 views | Benters |
| Tescos on 10:02 - Sep 8 by StochesStotasBlewe |
They have indeed stopped the 5p bags. I seem to have accumulated 3 bags for life full of bags for life though. |
Not in my local tescos they havent . | |
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| Tescos on 12:00 - Sep 8 with 5718 views | Blue_Order |
| Tescos on 11:57 - Sep 8 by poppiesman |
I shop at Tescos at least once a week. But never buy the 5p bags as always take my own 6 sportsdirect bags that my mate gave me when he worked there. Probably save at least 50p per trip! |
You could probably fit the same amount of shopping in one of their mugs. | | | |
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