text: why doesn't britain have a charge for using plastic bags like many other countries. would you be happy to pay?   bearing in mind the indestructability of plastic in land-fill sites and the effect on the environment, perhaps it's about time we did pay for plastic bags.  i tend to use the large re-usable sainsbury's bags for supermarket shopping (tesco's have caught on now and sell theirs for 75p), and i find them much easier to pack.  not because i'm 'green' but because i have the smallest car on the market and whatever else it can do smartly, boot capacity wasn't high on the list.  but i can get two of those bags in with no problem, and that's usually all i need.  would i be happy to pay?  not really; i'm on a fairly tight budget!