Plastic bag use has fallen by 4.6 billion in last four years
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 11:53
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 Supermarkets and their customers have reduced the number of ‘single-use' carrier bags being handed out for the fourth year in a row. Since independent monitoring began in 2006, the number handed out in the UK each year has been cut by 4.6 billion. Over the same period the total weight of material used has more than halved. With sales volumes having risen by more than six per cent over the same period, this achievement is a ringing endorsement of the voluntary approach which rejects compulsory bag bans or taxes in favour of allowing retailers to use a range of methods that work best for their own customers. |
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