Hebden Bridge bans carrier bags!

[mrs quoad]

Fucking hippies

 

[mrs quoad]

p.s. Woo!

 

[yardbird]

So, what to put your sarnies in if your having a picnic huh?

 

[tufty79]

excellent! hb's always had a reputation for containing ladies with sensible shoes. and now it has one for containing people with sensible ethics!

go hebden!

yardbird: tote bag. they rock

 

[yardbird]

You used to come into Dunlirey(sp?) on the ferry for Dubin and as you looked to the shore you would see bags flying and dancing across the seafront.
Not anymore!
Go Ebden

 

[moose]

Only because everywhere gives you trendy paper bags with handles.

Got a link?

 

[tufty79]

viola

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local-news?articleid=3031811

 

[lostexpectation]

boo

it obviously doesn't rain there.

 

[moose]

I hope they've considered the environmental impact of growing the cotton for reusable bags, and the fact that in production, paper ones are no less harmful to the environment than plastic ones

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

I hope they've considered the environmental impact of growing the cotton for reusable bags, and the fact that in production, paper ones are no less harmful to the environment than plastic ones

I'm guessing that the point of cotton bags is that they will last for ages and not just get used once like most carrier bags. I've got a plan to ask volunteers to make cotton bags from unwanted clothing/bedding/curtains that's unsuitable for selling second hand 'cos it damaged or whatever.

 

[newbie]

this is baby and bathwater stuff- plastic bags being the second most useful thing ever invented (after gaffer tape). Knowing that no problem is insoluble given a big enough plastic bag, it's worth remembering that they're useful for small things too, like taking wet fish home from the market. how do you do that with cotton or paper, eh? eh?

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

like taking wet fish home from the market. how do you do that with cotton or paper, eh? eh?

you'll have to get yourself a bucket like the ones kids have at the seaside, you can even get tin ones with fish painted on them just the job for your wet fish

 

[toggle]

I'm guessing that the point of cotton bags is that they will last for ages and not just get used once like most carrier bags. I've got a plan to ask volunteers to make cotton bags from unwanted clothing/bedding/curtains that's unsuitable for selling second hand 'cos it damaged or whatever.

sewn or knit?

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

sewn or knit?

Either, even crocheted

 

[toggle]

toggle sits back and grins at her collection of knit cotton shopping bags

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

toggle sits back and grins at her collection of knit cotton shopping bags

You could always donate them to a very worthy charity

 

[toggle]

then i'd have to use plastic bags.

 

[jæd]

People will start shopping outside of Hebden Bridge once it starts raining.

 

[northernhord]

If these fuckers are banning carrier bagz on ethical grounds in Hebz they should also provide decent affordable housing for the few locals that still live there.

 

[rioted]

If these fuckers are banning carrier bagz on ethical grounds in Hebz they should also provide decent affordable housing for the few locals that still live there.

Who is they?

newbie: did people not get fish from the market before plastic?

 

[geminisnake]

newbie: did people not get fish from the market before plastic?

Yes you could get fish before plastic. Iirc it was generally wrapped in many layers of paper(which it leaked through and then had to be washed off) and you had a stinky/ soggy bag when you got home.