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Price Of Single-Use Plastic Bags To Double Next Year

The charge will also be extended to all shops across England from April 2021.
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Millions Of People Around The World Join Plastic Free July

Can you avoid single-use plastic for a month? Millions of people from around the world have signed up for Plastic Free July, an initiative from the Plastic Free Foundation. Participants take on the challenge to avoid single-use plastic for the month, swapping out disposable cups for reusable ones, and plastic shopping bags for material totes. Half of all plastic produced is designed to be used only once and then thrown away, adding to the trillions of pounds of plastic waste polluting the planet.
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Hawaii Could Be The First State To Ban Most Plastics In Restaurants

Local businesses worry the strict policies would force them to close shop.
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Couple 'Murdered Teenager And Hid His Body In Attic For Eight Months'

The body was wrapped in a duvet cover, with plastic bags over the head.
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Carrier Bag Charge To Be Doubled To 10p In All Shops Across England

Environment Secretary Michael Gove said the changes would ‘build on the success of the existing charge’.
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We Need To Channel The Public's Outrage About Plastic Pollution Into Real Solutions For Climate Change

While plastic pollution continues to fuel public anger, another more menacing threat to all life on earth brews overhead – climate change
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Cat Strolls Into Family Home Carrying A Plastic Bag Full Of Drugs

Look what the cat dragged in...
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Waitrose To Remove All Plastic Bags By March 2019

Supermarkets generate over 800,000 tonnes of plastic packaging waste annually.
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Iceland Is The Latest Supermarket To Switch Plastic For Paper In The Fruit And Veg Aisle

It's removing plastic from packs of bananas.
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5p Bags Are Being Phased Out So Asda Shoppers Have Started Nicking The Baskets

Retailer orders 100 new baskets.
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