UK Shoppers Use Of Plastic Carrier Bags Falls By Half
Shoppers at the UK’s largest supermarket chains have cut their use of plastic carrier bags by nearly half compared to the numbers that were used four years ago according to the Waste &Resources Action Programme (Wrap).
Data released by the program suggests that the number of plastic carrier bags used by supermarket customers has fallen by as much as 43 per cent during the last 4 years. 10.6 billion bags were used in 2006, compared with 6.1 billion in 2009/10.
The data also suggests that the quantity of material used to manufacture the bags has also fallen by more than half during the same period.
The BRC said: “This is a tremendous achievement by supermarkets and customers to reduce environmental impact.”
Stephen Robertson, the BRC’s director general, said the latest figures show that shoppers are “permanently adopting the habit of re-using their bags “.
He added: “Retailers are working hard on a range of other environmental measures, such as reducing food waste, reducing and redesigning packaging, as well as providing customers with recycling information through the on-pack recycling label.”
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