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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Supermarket fuel margin hike costs UK drivers £900m
The Competition and Markets Authority has found that the supermarket fuel margin increase costs…
Analysts warn average UK petrol price is falling too slowly
Major retailers have been urged to cut prices much further
Single-use plastic bag use drops 97% in supermarkets since 2015
The 10p charge introduced in 2021 and extended to all businesses helped bring the number of…
Supermarket fridge doors could save nearly 1% of UK electricity use
By adding fridge doors supermarkets could slash their electricity bills by nearly 33%, new…
Single-use plastic bag charge to double to 10p and extend to all retailers
The government has confirmed small retailers that employ 250 people or less will no longer be…
Supermarkets report 90% decline in plastic bag sales after 5p charge
The average person in England now buys only 10 bags a year compared with 140 bags in 2014…
Supermarkets urged to step up to the plate and halve food waste
Every year 100,000 tonnes of 'readily available and perfectly edible' food –…
Plastic bag sales in England plunge 86% since 5p charge
The biggest seven supermarkets in England bought nearly a quarter fewer plastic bags last year
Petrol price plunges to four-year low
It could be an early Christmas present to drivers but perhaps not for emissions. In December,…
