No more free kitchen bin bags, what do you do now?

I have been saving my carrier bags so I have enough for a couple of months still but that appears to be a good idea. They are expensive to buy in supermarkets, unless I have been unlucky.

I buy pedal bin liners from Tesco or Asda - £1.00 for a pack of 95.

Don't know where you'd get free ones though!

I've always bought mine from the supermarket, carriers are too small for my kitchen bin. Aldi's are the cheapest.

Ana I don't have a peddle bin, its a hanging bin in that you push the handles of the bag over the sides of the holder and the bag hangs on its own handles.. so pedal bin bags won't work.. anyway maybe it would help someone I can post the link if anyone wants it.

I too have a stash still - but will have to buy something eventually. Some are so flimsy, will probaly get the pedal bin liners too.

Haha I see I really don't know which peddle/pedal to use or even if the first one is an acutal word, sorry pedants

You can get tie-handle pedal bin liners from supermarkets too - they seem to be quite big though. Probably cheaper in Poundland or Home Bargains.

Yes, my pooper scoopers are nearly all used up too! I use one (at least) a day. I an just going to buy the small bags from the supermarket for that purpose.

Yep Ana you are right they are too big I did try one that my daughter gave me but they hang way to low in the cupboard.

I was wondering about this earlier, as I headed to the allotment. Until now, I've used many-times-recycled carrier bags to bring home mud-covered veg. Right now, I'm having to resort to using sandwich bags for some of them, and in very large quantities. Then I have to throw them away, because the majority aren't fit to use again. Personally, I am likely to be producing far more plastic waste now than I did before unless I find a more environmentally friendly (but cheap and convenient) way of transporting them!
Also, there was the plastic bag that I tie around the end of the strimmer so it didn't cover the car in mud and grass. I suppose that when the current one falls apart, I will have to use dustbin bags instead!

I wonder, in the places where free bags were outlawed before ours, has there been any monitoring of sales of other types of plastic bags such as bin liners to see if they have risen? It would be interesting to know.

Here you go: Pedal, a lever operated by your foot.

Peddle, to go from place to place selling small items.

Good point MamaCaz I certainly haven't ever bought bags for my bin before.

Thanks hildajenniJ

I seem to get at least one charity collection bag through the door each week, so I use those although they are on the large size. There is a limit to how much I can donate.

Now there's a point, Maranta
Those would be ideal for some of my jobs.

hildajenniJ - the cheapest bags for pooper scooping are probably value nappy bags. I think when I bought some in the summer they were about 30p for 100 but check that even a larger quantity is not even cheaper (strange but occasionally true!)

I too still have quite a lot of free bags due to DD doing copious amounts of shopping when she was here in the summer.

Never thought of nappy bags, but these are good value - www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-everyday-value-nappy-bags-300/164-0064.prd?skuId=164-0064 30 for £1

I still want something bigger myself.

tanith, can you post the link please?

What about the free small plastic bags that you put loose fruit and veg in? You can take as many as you like of those.

I'm sorry, but I'd consider mysef to be stealing if I grabbed a couple of handfuls of those and shoved them in my basket!

(far too small for bin liners anyway, although I do buy bags that size for storing opened items etc. in the fridge)

www.amazon.co.uk/Strong-White-Style-Plastic-Carrier-x/dp/B00I5QK08S

There you go soontobe

Don't the small bags for fruit and veg have holes in for ventilation? Here in Stockport I think doggy scoop bags are free, I have heard people asking for them in the Library.
I was shopping in Simply Food on Thursday and bought one large parsnip which I put in a small bag, the man on the till told me that while they are still free, if I put another item of my shopping in that bag he would have to charge me for it!!

Yes, that's true annsixty, same in Chemists. The bag your prescription comes in is free, but if you buy anything else at the time and put it in they have to charge you 5p.

Of course, it doesn't actually happen because the assistant always tells you - and once you've left the shop you can do what you like! [grin[

I save the plastic bags that some catalogues come in through the post (I receive at least one a day). The ones that have a strong smell are used for cat litter clumps, and the others for opened food in the fridge, along with saved bread bags.