{"id":1847,"date":"2011-10-24T14:04:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:57:24","slug":"carrier-bag-charge-vox-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/carrier-bag-charge-vox-pop","title":{"rendered":"Carrier bag charge vox pop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Alt Cardiff asked the residents of Cardiff, \u201cHow do you feel about the compulsory carrier bag charge in Wales?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>A range of local people were interviewed to find out their thoughts on the minimum 5p charge to all single use carrier bags since the legislation was introduced on the 1<sup>\u00a0 <\/sup>October 2011<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Nologo_DavidWilliams_JP1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1932\" title=\"Nologo_DavidWilliams_JP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Nologo_DavidWilliams_JP1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Williams thinks the charge will help us stop collecting too many bags at home<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the Welsh Government website the charge is to help reduce the number of carrier bags used in Wales by encouraging people to use their own bags.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Ellis, a retiree from Rhiwbeina agreed with the charge, \u201cThere are just too many plastic bags. So recycling is good, reusing is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The majority of interviewees took a similar view and agreed the change was a positive idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Nologo_Meryl-Dobson_JP2.jpg\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alt Cardiff asked the residents of Cardiff, \u201cHow do you feel about the compulsory carrier bag charge in Wales?\u201d A range of local people were interviewed to find out their thoughts on the minimum 5p charge to all single use carrier bags since the legislation was introduced on the 1\u00a0 October 2011. 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