Plastic pollution is a huge global challenge ... The Co-op supermarket ditched thin polythene bags in favour of compostable carrier bags in April 2021 and called for a joined-up approach between ...

Plastic carrier bags account for much less than 10 percent of the total. Japan is the world’s second-largest consumer of single-use plastic products on a per capita basis. Greater efforts are ...

It is hoped the move will help reduce environmental damage linked with plastic bags A new law stopping businesses in Jersey from providing customers with single-use plastic bags comes into force ...

The number of single-use plastic bags sold in 2023/24 fell by ... are required to record and report the number of single-use ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Sales of plastic carrier bags in England's largest supermarkets have fallen by 90% since a 5p charge was introduced in 2015, according to Government figures. Tesco, Waitrose, Asda, Sainsbury's ...

In Wales people now pay for every plastic carrier bag. This has resulted in an 80% reduction of the number of plastic carrier bags used. In March 2020 the Welsh Government announced that they ...

From mid-2023, shoppers in Singapore will be charged an additional five cents for every disposable bag they take when ...