“Plastic shopping bags, or carrier bags or plastic grocery bags, are a common type of shopping bag in several countries. Most often these bags are intended for a single use to carry items from a store to a home: reuse for storage or trash is common. Heavier duty plastic shopping bags are suitable for multiple uses as shopping or storage bags.” sourced from Wikipedia
I use a re-usable bag for my shopping (onya bags), I looked in a couple of kitchen cupboards and found lots of carrier bags - we accumulate them without knowing it. In the last year Sainsbury’s has re-moved it carrier bags from the check outs (still available if you ask for one) and M & S are charging. I remember when we had to pay for carrier bags in all supermarkets.
• Every year, an estimated 13 billion plastic carrier bags are given away by Supermarkets; this is the equivalent to over 290 bags to every person in the UK.
• We produce and use 20 times more carrier bags then we did 50 years ago.
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