From Robert Dancer
Did I miss the point when I read your article about plastic shopping bags, or was it the author – and possibly the Carrier Bag Consortium (11 September, p 30)? To me, the main problem is not the use of plastic bags per se, but the mentality of “use a bag once and then get rid of it”, as mentioned all too briefly in the article.
Yes, by all means use a plastic bag (if you prefer that to a string bag, or heavy-duty cotton bag, or whatever your taste may be). The important thing is to reuse it for the same purpose for which it is designed – carrying things. It is ludicrous to imply that the only alternative to single-use plastic bags is single-use paper bags or cardboard boxes.
Hvidovre, Denmark
