Apart from the carrier bag issue at our local supermarkets, I can't say, as a concerned shopper, that I have noticed all that much has changed and ask ‘why am I still being bombarded with unnecessary plastic?'

For instance, four croissants in large plastic boxes. Refusing to buy them, I found a bag of croissants. Great, I thought, until I got home to find I had seven plastic bags as the croissants were individually wrapped. Open a box of cereal or cake mix and they also have a plastic bag, and oh so many other items, too many to mention.

As the four lovely school girls said in The Weekend Sun on September 7 (page 7, ‘Life without plastic'), there are other solutions. Supermarkets, get on to your suppliers and stop inflicting it on your customers.

W Painter, Cherrywood.