Twitter reacts to the 5p plastic bag charge
Brace yourselves – from today many shoppers in England will have to pay 5p for plastic carrier bags in a bid to slash the 7.6 billion handed out every year. Here’s how Twitter reacted.
There was CHAOS.
https://twitter.com/TheMediaTweets/status/650940126105870336
And business opportunities.
What a perfect day to start my 4p plastic bag business.
— Stuart Heritage (@stuheritage) October 5, 2015
But mostly people were just checking that everyone was OK.
https://twitter.com/bimadew/status/650938707948670977
Absolute chaos at the plastic bag shop today. Nobody knows what to do. Plastic bags flying everywhere.#plasticbags
— Carl Maxim (@carlmaxim) October 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/theworldofcrap/status/650945476078997504
UK • You're right to be nervous about the 5p plastic bag charge. When they implemented this in California the streets ran red with blood.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) October 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/the_dunners/status/650790979356762113
Last year, #DailyMail celebrated their six year campaign to ban #plasticbags. Tomorrow, it's a different story. pic.twitter.com/cM87Fhq4pU
— Lord Dave (@dynamicthinking) October 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/BonsoirB/status/651012443590819840
My mother is officially a millionaire. She's been hoarding carrier bags since 1963
— sanya burgess (@sanyaburgess) October 5, 2015
I have been stockpiling free plastic bags for a long time, and am now prepared to sell them for 4p each #bargain
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) October 5, 2015
I can remember the days before plastic bags, when nobody was able to carry their purchases home and we all had to live in shops.
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) October 4, 2015
There were poems;
To mark the introduction of a 5p charge on plastic bags tomorrow, here's a poem about bags. pic.twitter.com/Nq16OrDxty
— Brian Bilston (@brian_bilston) October 4, 2015
And warnings;
UK • You're right to be nervous about the 5p plastic bag charge. When they implemented this in California the streets ran red with blood.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) October 5, 2015
[Terrorist hq]
"How do we destroy England?"
"Plastic bags!"
"Eh?"
"What if they were 5p?"
"…"
[Massive applause] pic.twitter.com/8qZay81V5W— Dean Burnett (@Garwboy@ohai.social) (@garwboy) October 5, 2015
Of course, if Thatcher hadn't closed down the plastic bag mines back in the 80's…etc. etc.
— Matt Owen (@MJowen174) October 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/mrjamieeast/status/650926968892968960
SAVE 5p on plastic bags by rifling through local dog poo bins. @TwopTwips
— Marty Lawrence (@TeaAndCopy) October 5, 2015
"Here's my shopping"
"It's 5p for the plastic bag"
"Oh. Ok."
CHAOS pic.twitter.com/yaod4g4dz9— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) October 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/ohchrisburton/status/650915027298439168
https://twitter.com/ThatConnArtist/status/650799655173890048
https://twitter.com/IncrediblyRich/status/650951933499437056
Looks like WHSmith are cashing in on this new plastic bag opportunity http://t.co/q524eeK8fN #plasticbags pic.twitter.com/Bj4PHEtMBV
— The Poke (@ThePoke) October 5, 2015
"Do you need help with your packing?"
"Yeah, can you lend me 5p?"— Robin Flavell (@RobinFlavell) October 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/dawneywawney/status/650951229623922688
Plastic bag charges are the start of a brave new England. Let’s remember them fondly.