What Are The Exemptions To The Carrier Bag Charge?
Since the UK introduced the 5p carrier bag charge in 2015, the amount of single-use carrier bags being given out by major retailers has reduced by 85%. This equates to a drop from 140 to 25 bags for the average person per year. That’s quite a result, and while the charge only applies to […]
The Carrier Bag Tax: where is your money going?
We’ve all been paying the carrier bag charge for a couple of years now, but do you actually know where your money is going? Let’s face it – it’s irritating when you forget to take your carefully folded bag-for-life to the supermarket, and even more irritating when you think that the supermarket is making a […]
The Carrier Bag Charge: 6 months on
The introduction of the 5p carrier bag charge in England back in October 2015 has affected millions – we’ve probably all visited a supermarket in that time, and either sighed at having to pay that bit extra on our bill, or sighed because we forgot to bring our resuable bags for life with us! It’s […]
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 […]
Plastic bag use in Scotland drops 80% after 5p bag charge
Recent figures have shown that in the past 12 months since the 5p plastic bag charge came into effect in Scotland, there has been a reduction of around 650 million, or 80% in the amount of bags used. This has resulted in around 4,000 tonnes of bags being taken out of the landfill system, and supermarkets […]
