date:Jan 16, 2014
rier bag used is one less conventional plastic shopping bag in circulation. We believe they will have a significant impact upon the number of plastic bags which end up in landfill sites every year.
Conventional bags can take decades to break down naturally, and more than eight billion single-use, non-compostable, plastic bags are currently distributed by retailers across the United Kingdom each year.
Last year The Co-operative Food used 64% fewer bags in its stores than in 2006, when industry-