As new figures today reveal, supermarkets have again failed to hit a target for cutting plastic bag use - Jessica Shankleman asks if it's time for the government to legislate
When is a target not a target? When it's voluntary. The government-backed Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has today attempted to paint an upbeat picture of British supermarkets efforts to...
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