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Plastic bag charge to double to 10p and apply in ALL shops - MSE News

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The Government has announced plans to increase the minimum 5p charge for buying a plastic bag in England to 10p and extend it to all retailers, in a bid to cut plastic use...
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'Plastic bag charge to double to 10p and apply in ALL shops'

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What I don't like is the instruction to schools to stop single use plastics. That's easy for things like straws but the government needs to focus on suppliers for packaging.
Unfortunately this government finds it hard to upset business.
The stuff I really dislike is the polystyrene trays that splinter and break up I think they will last in landfill until the next millennium and gone
Single use plastic bags are insignificant compared with the unnecessary packaging that manufacturers use.
For example, there is no excuse, apart from presentation, to put apples in a polystyrene base, cover them with a hard plastic case and then encase that lot in a plastic bag.
As usual, the powers that be take the route that will see least resistance.
The public listen to the baloney and are sucked in.
The charge has seen a great reduction in the use of single use plastic bags but the sale of 'reusable' plastic bags has increased.
These bags are obviously heavier duty than the single use bags.
It takes more energy to make them.
They take much longer to 'break down'.
They need to be used at least 4 times to be comparable to single use bags.
Many people use single use bags at home as bin liners, dog pooh bags etc.
They are now buying bin liners and dog pooh bags to make up for the loss of the single use bags, which, of course, means more plastic!
When we see the figures banded about claiming how successful such a scheme is, let's see the real picture.
Show the negatives too and stop trying to guilt trip folk.
Agreed.
If Gove is really serious on reducing single use plastic bags and doing "even more to protect our precious planet", then he should set the minimum price as £10 not 10p.
That "will accelerate further behaviour change"
:xmassign:
All Gove is really serious about is promoting and advancing Gove.
Surely not? He's one of the most trustworthy people in parliament:D