Plastic bags could be banned altogether warns minister after total issued hits 330m a year
A 48 per cent cut to 6.1billion a year in plastic bags handed out at checkouts was achieved by May 2009.However, last year the figure rose for the first time in four years to 6.4billion, according to figures from the Government waste management agency Wrap.
On the issue of recycling and waste, lord henley said:Want to make it easy for individuals and organisations to do the right thing, because a great many of them want to do just that.
He asked whether the minister would consider doing the same, to which lord henley replied:Is an option that one could look at.
He told peers:Are not happy that the decline in the use of singleuse plastic bags has not been maintained and that there has been an
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While the coalition has failed to take meaningful action against plastic bags, wales is introducing a compulsory 5p charge from october 1 with the money going to good causes, and any firm which flouts the law faces a 5, 000 fine.
Northern ireland and the scottish government are considering similar charges on the bags, which take up to 1, 000 years to degrade.
Ireland began charging 16p each for singleuse plastic bags in 2002 and has reduced the number handed out by 90 per cent.
Labour peer lord knight accused the government of a of action on waste reduction and suggested that more rigidly enforced targets might help.
Lord henley said want to deal with the longterm problem particularly of the singleuse carrier bag but said targets not necessarily the right way to go forward
A marine conservation society spokesman said:Sounds really positive and i the fact that they are going ahead with a levy in wales and considering
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Are realising england can be the only part of the uk which is not acting on plastic bags.
But the department for environment, food and rural affairs denied that its policy on plastic bags had changed and said the minister had made it clear in the past that measures could be considered if their use was not reduced.
If it is true they last for 1000's of years, why is it that when i use carrier bags fr storing stuff in, and get them out of the cupboard/loft the fall to pieces?And did i not read a report recently in the dm that the numbers of fish, birds and animals killed by them is actually miniscule.Seems like just another excuse to tax us.The wesl"Government"Are taxing paper bags, so presumably they take 1000's of years to degrade not.Just a money making scheme in the guise of greenness, like mostof the green issues.
Aside from the litter problems,(1 plastic bags kill birds animals which ingest them, particularly at sea, 2 unsightly for 100s of years if not picked up), and the unnecessary addition to landfill, a lot of people seem to be missing the point about the wasted energy in production.
Plastic bags are made from fossil fuels and require energy in manfacturing.Anything we can do to stop this wasted energy has to be commended.The last few years has shown that education is not changing people's behaviour so a ban is long overdue.
For planned shopping, it's very easy to take your own bags, and for those without a car, i recommend a rucksack.For impulse purchases, i always have a small drawstring bag in a pocket, which takes up very little space, and once purchased, most items can then be carried hands free much easier than in a plastic bag.
I really don't understand peoples resistance to make this simple change to reduce landfill waste, co2 and wildlife lethal litter.
I use my"Bags for life"And my dm cotton bags.I think you're banging your head against a brick wall with many people.My neighbour uses about 1020 bags a week and doesn't care.People i've asked say"I've spent 80 so i should have bags"Use your own!For car owners(Which i'm not)It should be easy.How difficult is it to keep bags in a car?Honestly the whole recycle issue drives me mad!What's the point when 50% care and the rest don't.?I live in a small group of 10 houses and i know 4 neighbours who can't be bothered, whether its a handful of weeds in the bin or nonrecyclables in the recycle bin.I keep explaining that you can only put things in that the council takes.I recycle plastic, cans, bottles, cardboard, paper, batteries, good clothes(To charity shops), finished clothes(To material bank), furniture(To charities)Etc why can't others?Okay i have a couple of large broken things sitting in my garage because i have no acccess to a car but i'll get rid eventually.
Please don t make me change and I'm keeping my identity
Katecac is right.You will change not because you have to but because you want to.
I work full time and spend 1 hr each day just driving, i have so little time with my dd during the week that i don't want to spend my free time away from her.I miss spending time with her and i have missed some of her firsts that i will never get back.
Now comes my vent!Now the op doesn't sound like she is saying"Screw the kid i am going to do what i want"So please don't take this as an attack on you, but i have just been running into this a lot lately and i need to vent.I know people that haven't changed since having kids.They go out and party on the weekends, they have pointless relationships with random people, they seem to activily make it a point that having a kid didn't slow them down.Their kids are suffering though.They get pawned off on various family members and have no stability.Now i don't think taking a night to yourself every now and then is a bad thing, in fact it is probably a good thing, or having a weekend vacation every few months to let off some steam could be awesome, but the fact is the moment you chose to have sex, one of the possible outcomes was a baby and your priorities do have to change.The child does start calling some or most of the shots.There are some parents that i just want to sit them down and tell them that they are doing damage to their kids, even if they aren't abusing them and they are missing out on some of the best times by not spending the time with them.
You have to understand that for a lot of parents it's not just a matter of"I don't want to", it's a choice.For example:I have a friend with a daughter who is very close in age to dd.We had standing plans for the last two months to go to the zoo when her other friend with kids comes into town, which just happens to be july 14th.Well, some of my single friends asked me if i wanted to go to the midnight showing of harry potter with them at a theater we all love(Cinebarre).A full day at the zoo and then a midnight showing of harry potter until 4am?I just can't, especially not when i'll be nearly 6 months pregnant.I still get out with the girls sometimes without the baby, but a lot of that has to do with babysitters too.If you don't have someone to watch your kid, you can't just up and go out partying(I'm lucky to have both my parents and my mil/fil within an hour of us and they all love to babysit, so dh and i do get out some).I know there are babysitters out there, but you might find that, like a lot of us, you're uncomfortable with leaving your child alone with a stranger especially when they're too small to talk to be able to tell you if anything is wrong.Just two cents from the other side of the fence you don't have to give up your social life, but kids are a little bit of a trade off.You get a lot of enjoyment from them, but sometimes you give up some things for them(I won't say you have to, because frankly most of us make those sacrifices because we want to).I know dh and i would rather spend money on taking dd to the zoo than on an extra date night it's a special trip for her, and watching your children enjoy themselves is more fun than you would ever believe.
Just because people change after they have children doesn't mean they've lost their identities.I changed quite a bit after i
Pandora Charms UK had kids and i've continued to change as each year goes by.I think people change over time whether kids are involved or not, it's natural that you don't remain the same person forever.I don't go out very much because i don't want to.I would much rather spend time with the family and i would much rather spend money on the family.Things that used to matter to me before i had kids don't quite matter the same way plus i have new interests that i didn't before.
So anyway you may or may not change, honestly you're not going to know until you actually have your baby.I just don't think changing equals loss of identity.What works for some people doesn't work for everyone and that's fine.Whatever makes you happy is what you should do.
I think the reason why some people end up not going"Out"As much after having kids is because, the average working parent is only able to spend about 23 hours of"Awake"Time with their child per day, as opposed to the 89 hours of"Awake"Time our children spend with their childcare provider/teacher.The 23 hours that you can spend with your child are usually on the go.You're waking them up, getting them ready, you're getting breakfast and you're trying to get out the door so that you're not late.
Then, the other half of that time, you're picking them up, getting them home, getting dinner ready, getting them fed and getting them bathed and to bed.You're a parent and it's natural to feel like you're simply not spending"Enough"Time with your kid because someone you're not even related to is spending an exponentially larger amount of time with your child everyday.
This knowledge typically causes,"Working parent guilt"And makes you less prone to really want to spend your free time out since you already feel like you need to compete with a teacher or daycare worker for your child's affections! (At least i do, and my kid only goes to daycare a half a day! )
My Mom is and has always been one of those people who let only motherhood define her.She is sooooo"Into"Her kids that she's pretty overbearing and literally has no life outside of being"Mom" (Which is why she's alll up in my business).Of course, witnessing that, i swore i would never ever allow myself to be like her.
It's all about balance.I still go out with my friends(Did so this weekend to a birthday party and had a ball).Dh and i still have date nights(Thanks to our goto babysitter)And we still have"Adult"Time, but the priority on the list is ds.We make sure to spend a majority of our nonworking time with him and, since he currently goes to bed at around 7:30(And sleeps til 7:30am), it's not hard to just go out after we put him down so that way, we don't feel like we're missing anything.
My mom is so psycho though, that one time, i told her me and dh were going out for a romantic date night and she literally looked at me like i had three heads!She told me she didn't see a need for parents to go out.
I totally agree with the concept that i will obviously change because having a child will naturally bring change some welcomed and some change not so welcomed.I think queens brought up a good point regarding the working parents and the guilt i realized that when she said that my dad worked full time where as my step mother worked part time so maybe there was not as much guilt that they were not doing enough for us kids.I guess i really want to have the kind of life my parents did with each other and because i'm not a parent their parenting is the only parenting i really know.Don't get me wrong i'm a very supportive friend and never question the way my friends parent however i really believe that they have lost just a big piece of themselves and to me that is sad and what i don't want to happen to me.If you have any concerns about your own health or the health of your child, you should always consult with a physician or other healthcare professional.Please review the privacy policy and terms of use before using this site.Your use of the site indicates your agreement to be bound by the terms of use.
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