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Thread: Shoppers in China will have to pay for plastic bags

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    Shoppers in China will have to pay for plastic bags

    And there were some who thought the Greens shouldn't go into Government!

    The Chinese Government has decided to make consumers pay for plastic bags, and to ban the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags thinner than 0.025 millimetres.

    The Australian Government are also looking at adopting the same approach.



    I don't see China and Australia adopting any Fine Gael policies!
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    SPiN - I thought the plastic bag levy was brought in BEFORE the Greens got into government?
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    Re: Shoppers in China will have to pay for plastic bags

    Quote Originally Posted by SPN
    And there were some who thought the Greens shouldn't go into Government!
    I don't quite follow. What's the connection?

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    Yeh SPN ye dozzy goat, the plastic bag levy was brough in before the Lite Greens made it to government

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Cochrane
    SPiN - I thought the plastic bag levy was brought in BEFORE the Greens got into government?
    But not in China or Australia!

    Under Fianna Fail/PD it was only a little Island off the West Coast of Wales.

    Upgrade to Green/FF/PD and look what happens!


    Quote Originally Posted by pidge
    I don't quite follow. What's the connection?
    There is none!

    Its called having a laugh!


    I know the weather is miserable outside, but would you two ever go find a sense of humour?
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    Are you drunk SPN?
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    Made if it was funny!
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    Quote Originally Posted by SPN
    Quote Originally Posted by pidge
    I don't quite follow. What's the connection?
    There is none!

    Its called having a laugh!


    I know the weather is miserable outside, but would you two ever go find a sense of humour?
    Ah, right. It's, eh, not clear that it's a joke.

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    This thread sucks.
    Nothing will motivate the lazy / apathetic / Americanised / west-British types to embrace their culture and the Irish language.

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