Supermarkets to charge 5p for every plastic bag used

SUPERMARKETS and other large retailers in England will start charging shoppers 5p per plastic bag next month.The new legislation comes into force from October 5 and is intended to cut back on the estimated eight billion single-use carrier bags used across the UK each year - nearly 130 bags per person.A similar 5p charge for carrier bags has been in force in Wales for the past four years, leading to a 71 per cent fall in the number of plastic carriers used by shoppers since it was introduced.And...