Now, they keep plugging their 'bags for life'. End the scourge of disposable bags (save the planet and save us money). Why exactly disposable plastic bags have risen to the top of the list of heinous environmental crimes, I'm not sure. Surely there are more important things to worry about. In any case...
I would be the first to admit that in the whole sustainability view, it's largely better that we all reuse a shopping bag. Like my Mum did when I was young. Rather than having those flimsy disposal ones. They don't last as good, and as my own Mother tells me "You can recycle them by using them as bin bags"! Yes, 'recycle' them by putting them in landfill, but nevermind.
I'd like to point out at this stage that it's not immediately sustainable to have ceramic mugs. That this ceramic mug I'm holding with all this hot tea in it was "only environmentally friendly until it's 46th use". Kilns are hard to heat up you see. It uses a lot of energy. You might as well have disposable plastic cups until then. I'm just glad I drink a lot of tea. Boiling only a barely full kettle I might add...
With this in mind, how exactly is your bag for life sustainable when the handles rip off (no pun intended) after it's fourth use? It's not like I filled it up with Tesco Value bar bell weights is it?
This didn't seem much use, so I tried to get a replacement for my defective bag. The response at the customer service desk: "Oh, we don't exchange those."
I was bemused, and offered that they keep the faulty bag instead. The service desk person quickly replied "I'll throw it away then"
How can you justify a bag for life being a "bag for life" if you won't exchange it? How can you justify a bag for life being a "bag for life" if it breaks after the fourth use. I might as well have just used one of your shitty plastic bags. Have I died unexpectedly, without my knowing, I might feel satisfied. Otherwise I might think that you've ripped me off.
Bag for life? This isn't sustainable. This is bollocks.
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