tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post6001100627914238948..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: Beer and Fags and Plastic BagsAlwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-59562439467393672412009-10-27T09:34:48.058+00:002009-10-27T09:34:48.058+00:00Tax the plastic bags?? The idea that somehow the...Tax the plastic bags?? The idea that somehow the bag tax will be "good" for the environment is ludicrous.<br /> Look inside the bags, and what is there? Plastic milk bottles, bread in plastic, plastic trays of fruit and veg, plastic-wrapped meat, plastic lids on plastic jars.....plastic bags of frozen food...<br /> There`s ten or twenty times the amount of plastic wrapping going intoMr Smithhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YehagqY2Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-45823094319234066062009-10-27T02:13:00.086+00:002009-10-27T02:13:00.086+00:00An interesting thought, Welsh Connection. It would...An interesting thought, Welsh Connection. It would need an LCO in order to enable the Assembly to instruct / encourage councils to raise revenue in this way but it is, in theory, a way of dealing with the problem.Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-44264238896094566292009-10-26T18:19:04.716+00:002009-10-26T18:19:04.716+00:00Just a thought, The Assembly explicitly has no tax...Just a thought, The Assembly explicitly has no tax raising power, but would local authorities have the power to tax plastic bags?Welsh Connectionnoreply@blogger.com