Boots begins nationwide rollout of unbleached paper bags
The switch - due to be completed by early 2020 - will avoid more than 900 tonnes of plastic waste a year, the firm said
Boots will today begin the process of replacing plastic carrier bags with unbleached brown paper bags, starting with 53 stores and aiming for a full rollout across all the firm's 2,485 UK outlets by early...
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