Don't get me started on this one. Carrier bags represent .0003% of all land fill. Personally I re use all my carriers from any thing from freezer storage bags, bin liners to dog poo bags etc. The vast majority of land fill in this country is commercial (70%) I own a small business and the last time I tried to do my bit for the environment I took a load of cardboard to my local waste reception centre only to be informed by the man on the gate that they can not take commercial re cycling and I would have to take it to the next town. I asked him to explain what from a recycling point of view was the difference between domestic and commercial cardboard. He then went into "jobs worth" mode so no joy there then. The next town is a twenty six mile round trip, chuffing out diesel fumes and burning fossil fuels. To boot I would have to pay a charge to re cycle my waste for the priveledge of being eco friendly. The government really does need to get it's head out of it's backside if it is really serious about re cycling