Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Patriarch wrote:And if a10p bag puts you off, this may not be the hobby for you...

There is a hobby shop literally across the road from GW (where I buy my Vallejo paint). They give bags for free, even for just a few paint pots. I usually refuse and just stick them in my pocket. With the markup on products that GW has, surely they could have offered them as a service? It was just 10p, right? Anyway, they have removed them completely now and brought in cloth tote bags - the point is moot.

StudentOfEtherium wrote:

that means the law is working as intended!

Not a law where I live.

My local Warhammer store in Brookline, MA has these now.

I believe they’re $3 each.

 mattl wrote:
My local Warhammer store in Brookline, MA has these now.

I believe they’re $3 each.

I'd get one if I had a GW near me.

I knew there was something I forgot to ask about when I was in there yesterday.

I am surprised it’s taken so long honestly, We have used the reusable bags from different places for years now.
So many places even do cool ones!

I kinda want a Warhammer one just as a thing.

Like a lot of packaging changes, many firms had a system that worked and was running pretty cheap for a very long time.

So there was no pressure within the firm to change that working process. Shifting to renewable means researching it; finding a firm to produce them; sorting out branding, logos, prices and so forth. Lots of time and money spent before you can make the change and then phase it in so that you're not left sitting there was a mountain of plastic packing stock that you can't use and have to dump.

Supermarkets were also the big targets because of volume; smaller firms like GW were less targeted until legislation started to become more and more nation-wide and as pressures grew.



Going off their recent company meeting "going green" seems to be something GW is taking seriously and even considering that its something more and more new generations of customers are going to want.

we can see that iwth them installing solar cells on their factory; these new bags; the recycling options in store for sprue; the cutting of some plastic wrapping options.

Solar panels is the least surprising change, they are just a solid investment that will pay for themselves in ~15 years followed by 10+ years of profit. Any company with a long-term investment plan and the funds to install them should be really.