So Sainsbury’s have become the latest supermarket to remove carrier bags from their tills. This adds their name to a growing list, along with Asda and Co-Operative Food, and what a good idea! Take the bags away, and it will encourage people to use their own bags instead! Well… that, unfortunately, is not always quite the way it works out, and I’m sure I’m not the only one to have noticed this.

Just this week, I was picking up a few bits and pieces from my local Sainsbury’s and heard announced over the tannoy, “Sainsbury’s will no longer be offering plastic bags at the tills in order to encourage customers to use their own bags. Bags will be available if you need them – just ask the cashier at the till”.

“What a good idea!” I said to my partner at the time. “Sainsbury’s’ environmental policies keep getting better!” (more…)