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[sexobon]

There'll be riots tea drinking in the streets!

English shops to double charge for single-use plastic bags to 10p

LONDON (Reuters) - All retailers in England will charge for single-use plastic carrier bags from next April with the price doubling to 10 pence ($0.13), the government said on Monday as it stepped up efforts to reduce plastic waste.

Since October 2015, large retailers in England have been legally required to impose a charge of 5p for plastic bags, a measure which the government says has taken 15 billion bags out of circulation.

... the charges will now apply to all retailers, not just those with more than 250 staff members ...

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by sexobon

There'll be riots tea drinking in the streets!

I shall write a strongly worded letter of complaint.

Just as soon as I've finished my mug of tea.


When plastic bag charges were introduced there was a lot of moaning and groaning, but I couldn't see what the fuss was all about.

As a kid I would be despatched to the corner shop* with a conventional shopping bag for a few groceries and larger shops would be carried out in similar manner.

I just switched back into childhood mode. (Never difficult!)

Much ado about nothing.


* It's now an undertaker's office.