Disappointment at 7% reduction in plastic bag use
Major vendors have been instructed to achieve a ’substantial reduction’ in the number of plastic carrier bags used, after reports showed that a meagre 7% reduction had been achieved in the first year of voluntary agreement.
WRAP has said that based on data provided by retailers, the total number used by the 21 retailers in the first year of the agreement dropped by one million bags from 13.4 billion to 12.4 billion. However, the government-funded body is extremely dissatisfied with these results and has demanded more action.