The Eco Zoo - this is seriously lovely.

The Eco Zoo - this is seriously lovely.

So the recent Chicken Out campaign had a big effect on me. Only once since the programme aired have I slipped into eating filthy chicken, and I only half-knew. However, the effect has largely been that I stopped eating chicken altogether. Not for want of trying mind you. The local and massive Sainsbury’s in Balham barely increased their stock of free range chickens after the campaign, so they never had any in stock.

So the recent Chicken Out campaign had a big effect on me. Only once since the programme aired have I slipped into eating filthy chicken, and I only half-knew. However, the effect has largely been that I stopped eating chicken altogether. Not for want of trying mind you. The local and massive Sainsbury’s in Balham barely increased their stock of free range chickens after the campaign, so they never had any in stock.

Sainsbury’s, like many other big supermarkets, make a big deal to us about their green credentials. “We now have compostable packaging!” “All our bananas are fair trade!” - All good stuff and I support all these initiatives. A few weeks ago, Sainsbury’s were even giving away their Bags for Life for free.

However, no matter how hard I try, no matter how much I hint, no matter how often I go in, my local Sainsbury’s will not cease in infuriating me with their insistance on giving me plastic carrier bags!

I must visit the shop at least once a day (not good I know, but there is no other alternative in my part of Brixton) and every day I take either a cloth bag or my backpack to put my few bits in. There are only 5 or 6 members of staff and they all know me now and for the last 5 months I have used my own bags every day.

Sainsbury’s, like many other big supermarkets, make a big deal to us about their green credentials. “We now have compostable packaging!” “All our bananas are fair trade!” - All good stuff and I support all these initiatives. A few weeks ago, Sainsbury’s were even giving away their Bags for Life for free.

However, no matter how hard I try, no matter how much I hint, no matter how often I go in, my local Sainsbury’s will not cease in infuriating me with their insistance on giving me plastic carrier bags!

I must visit the shop at least once a day (not good I know, but there is no other alternative in my part of Brixton) and every day I take either a cloth bag or my backpack to put my few bits in. There are only 5 or 6 members of staff and they all know me now and for the last 5 months I have used my own bags every day.