Hope for Sea Turtles

[Cibach]

The plastic bag ban is a wonderful idea. Here in Wales and some other parts of the UK we have had a charge for plastic bags for quite some time now. The thin, single use bags are 5p, but we do tend to use them many times are are encouraged to recycle them. More substantial bags or "Bags for life" are more costly, but you only pay once and when the bag is no longer usable it is replaced free of charge by the shop and sent for recycling. Hessian and cloth bags are becoming much more common, but my favourites are paper bags. They get recycled after they have been "Piggified"!! Sadly not many shops sell them and if it is wet, which it often is, they are not so good for the shopping. I have been known to take my own Hessian bags for the shopping and also purchase some paper ones for the piggies which then raises some questions!! One local retailer sees me coming and has a couple of paper bags out ready for me!!