Plastic Bags
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Could reusable shopping bags be damaging your health?
Most of us are now fully signed-up to the idea of cutting plastic waste by taking reusable bags to the shops with us. But could our new shopping companions be having a negative effect on our health? According to a recent study, almost all
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Man finds 14 plastic bags in new hoover package
An environmentalist was left infuriated when he ordered two famously-bagless vacuum cleaners - and found no fewer than 14 plastic bags inside the packaging. Phil Swift, 68, said he was proud to become the owner of a new Dyson V8 Animal and Dyson
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Tesco CEO: We don't profit from 5p bag charge
The plastic bag charge was introduced in England just over a year ago, but what has the impact been? With major supermarkets charging customers 5p to take a bag home, has there been any profit for them? Dave Lewis, Tesco CEO, says:
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£28 million worth of carrier bags stolen since 5p charge introduced
Light-fingered British shoppers have stolen a whopping 520 million plastic bags from supermarkets since the 5p carrier bag charge was introduced. According to research from VoucherCodesPro.co.uk, more than half of supermarket shoppers admit to
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Tesco forced to tag baskets after spike in thefts
One shocking result of the introduction of a 5p charge for carrier bags has been a spate of thefts of supermarket shopping baskets. One Tesco store in Oldham lost a third of all its baskets in a week, and has taken the shocking step of
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5p plastic bag tax makes cashiers tax experts
You would think the introduction of a 5p plastic back tax is pretty straightforward: you need a bag, you pay 5%. Well, not exactly. Till operators will, from 5 October, have a new role as tax experts, as they will be the ones who have to decide
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MPs hit at plastic bag tax ruling
Excluding smaller retailers from a 5p plastic bag charge in England risks watering down moves to cut the use of single-use carrier bags, MPs said. The parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee said the Government had ignored calls to change
