British Plastic Shopping Bags All Have Holes in Them?
Sep 16th, 2013, 12:29 PM
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British Plastic Shopping Bags All Have Holes in Them?
Overheard in a park yesterday when a dog walker was using a plastic bag to snag some doggie poop the dog woner's English friend say that in Britain all the plastic shopping bags have holes in them to prevent children from choking.
Well I haven't been to the UK in a few years now and wondering when this started as I never ever saw it - I will be going back this January but am curious as to how many holes there are and where, etc.
Thanks and annhig - yes it is a slow day here in northern Michigan!
Well I haven't been to the UK in a few years now and wondering when this started as I never ever saw it - I will be going back this January but am curious as to how many holes there are and where, etc.
Thanks and annhig - yes it is a slow day here in northern Michigan!
Sep 16th, 2013, 12:37 PM
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so if they have holes in them can they be used to scoop up dog poop like we use them for - seems the poop would poop out the holes though that may depend on the consistency of the poop!
Sep 16th, 2013, 12:53 PM
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No, they don't <i>all</i>. Mind, I haven't a dog, so haven't had to test their retentive abilities that exhaustively. I'd imagine it would only be an issue if the holes are rather large or if the dog had diarrhoea.
Sep 16th, 2013, 12:57 PM
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Just checked the ones we have on hand and they all do...but likely because they are mostly the same brand. We have two dogs and have no issues picking up after them...the holes are small and widely spread.
Sep 16th, 2013, 01:25 PM
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I just checked my Waitrose bags, and sure enough there are little holes — so small I never noticed them before. As PatrickLondon wrote: "I'd imagine it would only be an issue if the holes are rather large or if the dog had diarrhoea." But then you wouldn't be trying to scoop it up, would you?
Sep 16th, 2013, 04:08 PM
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Ours in south Texas often have holes but not deliberately; they are just sometimes poorly manufactured. We use the "unholey" ones like L Sky for our kitchen garbage, or double bag and try not to line up the holes. We don't have pets but often need to scoop up the neighbors' cat poop and also poop from the occasional visiting 'possums. I just put a bag over my hand, grab the poop, and evaginate the bag and tie the handles (very tightly).
Sep 17th, 2013, 03:05 AM
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the bags were designed to carry folks groceries and not dog crap , so what's the problem.
I don't use disposable carrier bags preferring to use a rucksack to carry my groceries.As I don't own a dog the disposal of it's crap is of no concern.
I don't use disposable carrier bags preferring to use a rucksack to carry my groceries.As I don't own a dog the disposal of it's crap is of no concern.
Sep 17th, 2013, 05:15 AM
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The following story is true. I'll find it hard to be nasty to PalQ again. Well..
I've just gone down, trying to answer the question, to check our poobag bag, which is kept near the crate where the Flannerpooch 2.0 sleeps, and is currently chocker (we've restarted keeping plastic bags, but Flannerpooch 2.0 is too small to produce enough to fill them all, so we're about to go back for a while to putting bags into the recycling).
Inside the crate was a poobag: clearly one had fallen out, and FP2.0's never yet met a glinting bit of rubbish he hasn't tried nibbling and sniffing. But at a guess, I'd say FP2.0's a great deal likelier than your average human baby to suffocate himself on one, having a snout perfectly designed to squeeze into the smallest plastic bag.
This bag didn't have holes, but as a result of this thread we've now moved the poobag bag somewhere less likely to threaten his preposterously over-indulged life.
All bags don't have holes but some have slightly incised circles, which blow out (I've experimented) under pressure from inside. As far as I can see, not even Britain's Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents suggests all bags have holes - but it's obviously the kind of thing many stores do within a second of getting a customer letter asking for it (I've sat on the committees, manned almost entirely by managers with toddlers. Such decisions are always no-brainers)
The "blow outable" bags don't leak when being used as poobags, but at Flanner Towers we do vet each walk's poobags to eliminate those with real holes. About a third get discarded.
I've just gone down, trying to answer the question, to check our poobag bag, which is kept near the crate where the Flannerpooch 2.0 sleeps, and is currently chocker (we've restarted keeping plastic bags, but Flannerpooch 2.0 is too small to produce enough to fill them all, so we're about to go back for a while to putting bags into the recycling).
Inside the crate was a poobag: clearly one had fallen out, and FP2.0's never yet met a glinting bit of rubbish he hasn't tried nibbling and sniffing. But at a guess, I'd say FP2.0's a great deal likelier than your average human baby to suffocate himself on one, having a snout perfectly designed to squeeze into the smallest plastic bag.
This bag didn't have holes, but as a result of this thread we've now moved the poobag bag somewhere less likely to threaten his preposterously over-indulged life.
All bags don't have holes but some have slightly incised circles, which blow out (I've experimented) under pressure from inside. As far as I can see, not even Britain's Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents suggests all bags have holes - but it's obviously the kind of thing many stores do within a second of getting a customer letter asking for it (I've sat on the committees, manned almost entirely by managers with toddlers. Such decisions are always no-brainers)
The "blow outable" bags don't leak when being used as poobags, but at Flanner Towers we do vet each walk's poobags to eliminate those with real holes. About a third get discarded.
Sep 17th, 2013, 07:04 AM
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"Don't you have everything delivered to your home by fancy goods vehicle?"
Yes. In plastic bags.
How do your groceries get from van to fridge?
Oddly, home-delivery grocery packers are far more prodigal in their use of plastic bags than shoppers are when they do their own shopping.
Yes. In plastic bags.
How do your groceries get from van to fridge?
Oddly, home-delivery grocery packers are far more prodigal in their use of plastic bags than shoppers are when they do their own shopping.
Sep 17th, 2013, 08:30 AM
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>>Don't you have everything delivered to your home by fancy goods vehicle?<<
Well, we don't all shop at Horrids. Besides, I have my very own fancy goods vehicle, which is just about right for my weekly shop:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/...43808eb1_d.jpg
Well, we don't all shop at Horrids. Besides, I have my very own fancy goods vehicle, which is just about right for my weekly shop:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/...43808eb1_d.jpg
Sep 17th, 2013, 02:02 PM
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Groceries=crate of Champagne
Groceries=case of gin
I have never had my groceries delivered in a plastic bag.
You are correct, Harrods does use plastic bags.
But, I don't think Hediard or Peck uses plastic.
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Groceries=case of gin
I have never had my groceries delivered in a plastic bag.
You are correct, Harrods does use plastic bags.
But, I don't think Hediard or Peck uses plastic.
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