1. wepVad asked Richard Dodd: "Retailers, particularly large supermarkets, appear to be profiting from the sale of more robust shopping bags while doing little to encourage reuse. Are proceeds from these sales monitored and are they..." Show more» "Retailers, particularly large supermarkets, appear to be profiting from the sale of more robust shopping bags while doing little to encourage reuse. Are proceeds from these sales monitored and are they actually applied to environmental issues or are the supermarkets getting a free boost to their bottom line?" Show less«   
2. Richard Dodd answered this question from wepVad in Yoosk Interview
3. "None of this is about making money for retailers. Actually they are using awfully lot of money for recycling and for the facilities for recycling; they are offering customers incentives like reward points..." Show more» "None of this is about making money for retailers. Actually they are using awfully lot of money for recycling and for the facilities for recycling; they are offering customers incentives like reward points and so on. They are spending money on days when they are handing out those bags for life that can be used over and over again. Stores are not making money out of this, they are heavily investing on this and it is all costing them. In terms of encouraging reuse, this can not be one sided." Show less«
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1. wepVad asked Darren Johnson: "Direct charges for bags have proved to be a simple, effective means of encouraging individuals to be responsible citizens. Why can't we implement an equivalent scheme here rather than waste time and ..." Show more» "Direct charges for bags have proved to be a simple, effective means of encouraging individuals to be responsible citizens. Why can't we implement an equivalent scheme here rather than waste time and resource discussing the problem while bag pollution continues?" Show less«   
2. Darren Johnson answered this question from wepVad in Yoosk Interview
3. "I just came back from Dublin. I was so impressed, where the tax of plastic bags has had a dramatic impact reducing plastic bag usage over 90 percent. Because the way they did it with the VAT tax return..." Show more» "I just came back from Dublin. I was so impressed, where the tax of plastic bags has had a dramatic impact reducing plastic bag usage over 90 percent. Because the way they did it with the VAT tax return there has not been extra burden for retailers and actually retailers have made profit on the scheme because now they have to spend less money on the bags. There has been big cultural acceptance from day one, it has created the cultural shift. I am really impressed with Ireland. I do not see any reason why this could not work in UK. If you can introduce some sort of tax which cuts usage by 90 percent, it is clearly effective and I see no reason why it could not been introduced in UK. I just do not see why the government is so timid over the issue, if they want to introduce some simple effective green measure that would be something they could have done a long time ago. " Show less«
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1. mcbryde22 asked Representative of easyJet: "Why do you think airport expansion is more important than a 1000 year old forest and its wildlife?" "Why do you think airport expansion is more important than a 1000 year old forest and its wildlife?"   
2. Representative of easyJet answered this question from mcbryde22 in Yoosk Interview
3. "Economic growth is NOT more important than the environment, however it is essential we find the right balance, as economic growth gives us the choice and opportunity to be more environmentally conscious..." Show more» "Economic growth is NOT more important than the environment, however it is essential we find the right balance, as economic growth gives us the choice and opportunity to be more environmentally conscious and active." Show less«
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1. mcbryde22 asked Representative of easyJet: "What is the evidence that denying airport expansion is harmful to the country?" "What is the evidence that denying airport expansion is harmful to the country?"   
2. Representative of easyJet answered this question from mcbryde22 in Yoosk Interview
3. "Airport expansion means a huge economic contribution to the local area, in the form of jobs, but also for inbound tourism and the development of business links. " "Airport expansion means a huge economic contribution to the local area, in the form of jobs, but also for inbound tourism and the development of business links. "
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1. mcbryde22 asked Representative of easyJet: "How many planes must there be in the sky/on the ground before a series of major crashes happens with alarming regularity?" "How many planes must there be in the sky/on the ground before a series of major crashes happens with alarming regularity?"   
2. Representative of easyJet answered this question from mcbryde22 in Yoosk Interview
3. "This is a ridiculous statement. The UK CAA is one of the world's strictest aviation bodies in the world, safety is absolutely paramount at easyJet and safety standards in the aviation industry have never..." Show more» "This is a ridiculous statement. The UK CAA is one of the world's strictest aviation bodies in the world, safety is absolutely paramount at easyJet and safety standards in the aviation industry have never been higher. Air travel is by far the safest form of transport." Show less«