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Iceland’s plastic delivery bags are unfit for purpose

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25Avalon Sat 29-Oct-22 20:30:51

My last few deliveries from Iceland have come in boat shaped plastic bags, for which you pay £1 for the privilege, and they are just awful. They cannot be filled properly or your goods spill out onto the floor as you try to carry them. If it’s bad for me I feel sorry for the delivery drivers who struggle with them. Finally what do I do with these useless plastic bags afterwards so that I am not I environmentally unfriendly?

BlueBelle Sat 29-Oct-22 20:39:45

I be never seen them Avalon I had a few iceland deliveries during lockdown and they were just ordinary carrier bags
Do you have a photo

MawtheMerrier Sat 29-Oct-22 20:48:24

Haven’t we had this conversation already? confusedconfused
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Blossoming Sat 29-Oct-22 20:52:02

I was just thinking that Maw smile

Callistemon21 Sat 29-Oct-22 20:56:51

Our groceries get brought to the door in crates and we decant them into our own reusable bags.

You can refuse to have the groceries delivered in the bags.

Callistemon21 Sat 29-Oct-22 20:58:53

We can use polythene bags her for our food recycling bins, the food gets squeezed out and processed and the bags are then used to produce electricity.

Check your Council's recycling ethos.

Jaxjacky Sat 29-Oct-22 20:59:10

Ditto Callistemon as with other supermarket deliveries.

25Avalon Sat 29-Oct-22 22:05:09

Sorry Maw you are right. I missed the previous post.

Will Iceland let you opt out of having bags? Sainsburys use crates and I just keep a cardboard box by the door so I can quickly decant for the driver, and then put away at my leisure. Happy to do that for Iceland.

Not sure about the Council. They are pretty good here on most things but reject wrappers. I’ll ring up and ask.

mrsgreenfingers56 Sat 29-Oct-22 22:24:35

Tesco take carrier/plastic bags. They have a huge cage outside of the store for them and I take all the plastic bags and packing there.

NoodleNut Sat 29-Oct-22 22:37:42

Well, if they're like the 'crate liner' bags Tesco used for a while- they make good litter tray liners for the triangle shaped trays.

Not sure that really helps you though grin

25Avalon Sun 30-Oct-22 09:39:14

mrsgreenfingers56

Tesco take carrier/plastic bags. They have a huge cage outside of the store for them and I take all the plastic bags and packing there.

Our Tesco one gets fill to the brim and has overflows all round, also 5 miles away so not environmentally friendly either.

We are allowed to wrap food in newspaper or biodegradable waste bags for the food bin. These Iceland bags don’t look very degradable.