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Author Topic: Pink Bag Labels and Lolly Pop Sticks  (Read 6946 times)
Scarf and Hat (John)
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« on: August 12, 2018, 03:49:36 PM »

I like to share an observation on the Pink Bag Labels that help keep us all so safe.  

They are made of a very likely, 'non-easy-biodegradable' plastic paper.  The pre-cut Lolly Pop stick that fell to the floor when we attached the label will be littering the Oxfordshire countryside for years.

Do you think there might be a better design out there?
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2018, 04:05:05 PM »


I like to share an observation on the Pink Bag Labels that help keep us all so safe.  

They are made of a very likely, 'non-easy-biodegradable' plastic paper.  The pre-cut Lolly Pop stick that fell to the floor when we attached the label will be littering the Oxfordshire countryside for years.

Do you think there might be a better design out there?


A pointless exercise as they were so easy to get hold of
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2018, 05:31:03 PM »

I really don't see the point of these labels -- it's a faff filling them in and making sure they're visible to security on the arena entrance.
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2018, 05:52:30 PM »

The idea is that if an unattended bag is found, it can be deemed to not be 'suspicious' and returned to it's owner.

Judging by one of mine that got wet, they are not just biodegradable, they seem to dissolve.

 
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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2018, 06:12:26 PM »

"Dissolve" - I really do hope so.  

Coz otherwise we're going to see lots of little pink Lolly Pops in the ditches and verges next year.

Would be nice to be assured that they are degradable.  

Does anyone actually know for sure?  
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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2018, 06:26:01 PM »


The idea is that if an unattended bag is found, it can be deemed to not be 'suspicious' and returned to it's owner.

Judging by one of mine that got wet, they are not just biodegradable, they seem to dissolve.

 


Surely anyone wishing to place a suspicious bag could easily get hold of a label. If they can buy dangerous items without being stopped then getting hold of bits of pink paper is a doddle.
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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2018, 06:42:57 PM »

On the lighter side, I was particularly impressed that those who'd bought empty Gregg's bags to wave around during the Barsteward's 'Lady in Greggs' had affixed a pink tag to each one!
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2018, 03:20:01 PM »

A woman parked next to us for her very first festival was proud to tell us that she had attached her labels to everything, but that she just couldn’t be bothered to write on any of them!
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« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2018, 03:42:06 PM »

I'll fill them in and attach them, but have no faith they're anything more than a token gesture toward security.

At least this year I wasn't asked to put one on my walking stick on the days I used it.
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