Scotland's plastic bag charge slashes use by 80 per cent

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Plastic bag use has fallen by 650 million since charge was introduced there a year ago

The number of single use carrier bags taken home by shoppers in Scotland dropped by 650 million after a five pence levy was introduced last year. The data, which comes from major grocery retailers,...

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