Bags of success
17/07/09 11:26
A small start for a more sustainable way of life:
Plastic bag revolt halves use - to 450m
Figures from Wrap, the government's waste and resources programme, show that whereas 870 million single-use plastic bags were handed out in the UK in May 2006, the figure for May 2009 was down to 450m - a 48 per cent reduction, and 4,740 tonnes to send to landfill against 8,890 tonnes in May 2006. Stephen Robertson, of the British Retail Consortium, called the reductions 'spectacular'.
The Guardian, Date: 17/07/2009, Page: 9 Daily Mail, Page: 14(4434093) Daily Mail, Page: 21(4434211) The Sun, Page: 33(4437117) Metro London, Page: 11(4434631)
Plastic bag revolt halves use - to 450m
Figures from Wrap, the government's waste and resources programme, show that whereas 870 million single-use plastic bags were handed out in the UK in May 2006, the figure for May 2009 was down to 450m - a 48 per cent reduction, and 4,740 tonnes to send to landfill against 8,890 tonnes in May 2006. Stephen Robertson, of the British Retail Consortium, called the reductions 'spectacular'.
The Guardian, Date: 17/07/2009, Page: 9 Daily Mail, Page: 14(4434093) Daily Mail, Page: 21(4434211) The Sun, Page: 33(4437117) Metro London, Page: 11(4434631)