What does the future hold for plastic bags?
Does your business use plastic bags? Many countries have already banned plastic bags or implemented a bag tax and more will follow suit over the coming years. There’s no news on what will happen in England yet and the jury is still out on how any changes will affect business.
Wales also introduced a bag tax in 2011 and Northern Ireland is bringing one in in 2013. The BBC has reported that six months since the introduction of a minimum 5p charge per bag that supermarkets in Wales have seen a reduction in their use of up to 90%.
I recently wrote a blog on this subject and you can read it here:
What does the future hold for plastic bags?
What would you do about plastic bags? Are you in favour of an outright ban or would you prefer to see a bag tax or more recycling?
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