supermarkets
There has been a huge drop from the 7.6bn plastic bags sold by the major supermarkets in England in 2014
The Competition and Markets Authority has found that the supermarket fuel margin increase costs customers approximately £75 million per month
Major retailers have been urged to cut prices much further
The 10p charge introduced in 2021 and extended to all businesses helped bring the number of bags used down by more than 20% over the last year
By adding fridge doors supermarkets could slash their electricity bills by nearly 33%, new research estimates
The government has confirmed small retailers that employ 250 people or less will no longer be exempt from the levy
The average person in England now buys only 10 bags a year compared with 140 bags in 2014 before the charge was introduced
Every year 100,000 tonnes of ‘readily available and perfectly edible’ food – equivalent to 250m meals a year – is thrown away
The biggest seven supermarkets in England bought nearly a quarter fewer plastic bags last year
It could be an early Christmas present to drivers but perhaps not for emissions. In December, prices at the petrol pump fell below £1.20 per litre for the first time in four years, according to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The last time they were this level was the end of […]