BusinessGreen: The government has today faced fresh calls to introduce a levy on plastic carrier bags to help cut down on waste, after recent figures showed supermarkets voluntary efforts to curb bag use have stalled. Eight billion "thin-gauge" bags were issued in the UK in 2011 at a rate of 254 per second, marking an increase of 5.4 per cent on the previous year, according to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Significantly, shoppers in Wales, who since October 2011 have had to pay 5 pence...
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