There’s news the other week that Marks & Spencer are set to start charging for carrier bags in their outlets and we at Hotcow find this rather interesting. It has, as most people know, been on the cards for sometime with trials having been in place at 50 stores (in N. Ireland and the South-East) since early last year. This is not the interesting part per se – no, we like the way the entire “project” has been announced and planned for several reasons.
There’s news the other week that Marks & Spencer are set to start charging for carrier bags in their outlets and we at Hotcow find this rather interesting. It has, as most people know, been on the cards for sometime with trials having been in place at 50 stores (in N. Ireland and the South-East) since early last year. This is not the interesting part per se – no, we like the way the entire “project” has been announced and planned for several reasons.
You may remember the news some weeks ago that Mark Boyle, a former organic food company boss and now a member of the “freeconomy” movement (which aims to get rid of money altogether in order to foster a return to community based living) decided to walk from Bristol to India without any form of currency to show his faith in humanity and, presumably, promote his philosophy. Well, the attempt has failed after reaching Calais, when it was realised that no one in the party spoke French. Farcical.