Ditching plastic bags 'no real use'

Ditching plastic bags 'no real use' :

"The Government's economic advisory body has recommended ditching plans to wipe out more than five billion plastic bags a year, saying the costs may outweigh the benefits."

Before they were really convinced the plastic bags were a hazard and needed to go and were quite clear about the fact they were a menace. In the meantime supermarkets and other places have made a nice little profit selling the non recyclable bags which can be used and reused. The supermarkets certainly haven't made their target of a 50% reduction in plastic bag use. They have got to 45%, though. That's pretty good. What is really noticeable is you hardly see those plastic bags left around the place. The environment is a lot prettier and cleaner without them. I fail to see why we should abandon this idea since the bags were everywhere and looked unsightly and were a menace. Cost effectiveness? They haven't worked that out?? They should have done that BEFORE they got us all swapping over. I cannot believe we shall cop out on this because some people didn't look at the whole picture...who is losing money and why? That's probably at the bottom of this. It's true we do use the bags as a way of keeping our household rubbish under control. In the mean time I now have a bin for rubbish, one for recycling and one for green waste. So my household rubbish is far less. I think I could probably buy a bag of plastic bags for my household rubbish to make it easier on the bin people and the environment. Those bags are often biodegradable. I think we need to stop making people go east and then suddenly turning and facing west. I think we need to stop confusing people but most of all...I really don't think we need plastic bags. Most of us have swapped over now. We know what we are doing. What about the leaders?