Plastic bag use down 98% after 5p charge introduction
There has been a huge drop from the 7.6bn plastic bags sold by the major supermarkets in…
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Love Essex campaign urges people to sign up to plastics reduction pledge
The ‘Love Essex Not Plastic’ campaign aims to highlight the issue of single-use plastics and…
Aldi to trial new carrier bags to save 1,300 tonnes of plastic a year
The most popular option will be rolled out across the UK at the end of the trial and offered…
Asda’s new pledges to fight plastic waste
Asda has become the latest supermarket to join the fight against plastic waste. It has pledged…
Tesco scraps 5p carrier bags for 10p ‘Bags for Life’
Tesco is to stop the sale of 5p carrier bags across the UK from the end of the month and…
Supermarket shoppers used more plastic bags in 2012
Supermarket shoppers used more plastic bags last year than in 2011, according to waste body…
Scotland slaps 5p charge on plastic carrier bags
Scotland is following the lead from Wales and slapping a charge of five pence on single use…
