Tesco slashes plastic bag numbers by 1.5 billion in 12 months
5p charge has delivered a dramatic drop in the number of single use plastic bags handed out by the supermarket
Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket, has handed out 1.5 billion fewer plastic bags in the past year thanks to the introduction of the five pence charge. The supermarket revealed earlier this week it...
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