Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase the (a) accountability and (b) transparency of the allocation by retailers of revenue raised for environmental causes from the five penc

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1. 10 February 2020

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase the (a) accountability and (b) transparency of the allocation by retailers of revenue raised for environmental causes from the five penc

   Source: Commons

2. 17 February 2020

   Answer

   The introduction of the 5p charge on single use carrier bags has reduced sales by 90% by the main supermarket retailers. The regulations require retailers with more than 250 staff to charge a minimum of 5p and report data on their annual sales of single u...

   Source: Written answer

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