Tesco see 80% drop from plastic bag charge in England
New data from Tesco shows there’s been around an 80% reduction in shoppers taking home carrier bags from their stores since the introduction of the 5p plastic bag charge in England. Launching in October 2015, the English government gave the 5p carrier bag charge the go ahead in an effort to try and reduce the country’s […]
The Packaging Products That Help Beat The Scottish Carrier Bag Tax
If you run a shop or store in Scotland, the Scottish parliament has just backed a change to the law that will see your customers paying an extra 5p for every new plastic carrier bag they take home. Coming into force this October, supporters of the 5p charge outnumbered its opponents by 100 votes […]
