Thursday, August 23, 2012

Shoppers in England support plastic bag charge

Telegraph: Which?, the consumer group, found that 56 per cent of people in England would support a charge of 5 pence-per-bag when they do their weekly shop. The findings come days after official figures from WRAP, the waste reduction group, showed that supermarkets handed out nearly 400 million more carrier bags last year than they did in 2010. The group said that a total of 8 billion plastic bags were given out by supermarkets last year, despite pledges by the retailers to cut down on bags. According...

URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9492551/Shoppers-in-England-support-plastic-bag-charge.html

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