Poles are slowly realising that plastic bags are an unsightly, long-lasting non-biodegradable blot on the landscape – no, sorry. They’re realising that a cheap PR buck can be made by pretending to be concerned about the environment.

Spotted on a typical plastic bag from a multi-national supermarket company operating in Poland: “This bag is environment friendly.” The geniuses in Head Office have discovered that a bag – even a plastic one – can be used more than once.