Environmental stories tagged with: plastic bag
Retailers exceed carrier bag reduction target
Thursday, 26th February 2009, 3:08 pm
New figures released today by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) show the UK's leading high street and grocery retailers have exceeded a voluntary target to reduce the environmental impact of carrier bags by 25% by the end of 2008.
 Leading supermarkets pledge to cut carrier bagsThursday, 18th December 2008, 6:36 pm
Environment Minister Jane Kennedy and Britain's leading supermarkets have agreed a 50 percent cut in the number of carrier bags given out by spring 2009.
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 M&S to Charge for Food Carrier Bags Across UKFriday, 29th February 2008, 12:56 pm
Marks & Spencer is to roll-out a 5p charge for food carrier bags in all of its UK stores from the beginning of May to encourage customers to reduce the number of bags they use and to raise money for environmental projects.
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 Little Green Bag Launched at Harvey NicholsTuesday, 25th September 2007, 2:48 pm
September 26 sees the launch of the 'Little Green Bag' a unique venture between the Council, luxury lifestyle retailer, Harvey Nichols, and the fashion buying students of Manchester Met University.
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Plastic Bag Tax Petition Receives 10,000 Signatures in 2 MonthsFriday, 21st September 2007, 2:10 pm
An online petition at www.green-england.co.uk has received over 10,000 signatures in less than two months. The petition is in support of a 10p tax on each plastic bag issued, to be spent explicitly on environmentally friendly projects.
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Campaign for a Plastic Bag Free Wantage
Tuesday, 4th September 2007, 6:23 pm
Wantage in Oxfordshire is joining the likes of Modbury, Devon and Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire in their battle against the plastic bag, as they make plans to ban it from their shops.
Lichfield Trials Unique Kerbside Plastic Bag Recycling Collection
Wednesday, 8th August 2007, 3:06 pm
Homes across Lichfield district are helping the Council trial a 'first of its kind' plastic carrier bag recycling service.
London Proposes 10p Plastic Bag Levy
Thursday, 26th July 2007, 3:40 pm
London Councils has called on the Government to help London take a bold stand for the environment, by introducing a 10p levy on plastic bags or even introducing an outright ban.
Town in West Yorkshire to Ban Plastic Bags
Wednesday, 18th July 2007, 1:54 pm
Hot on the heels of Modbury in Devon, Britain's first plastic bag free town, Hebden Bridge is lining up to be the largest town in Europe that is plasticbagfree.
A Plastic-Bag-Free Christmas
Monday, 18th June 2007, 7:39 pm
We Are What We Do, the social change movement behind the book 'Change the World for a Fiver' and the recent 'I'm Not A Plastic Bag' project, is launching its latest initiative a campaign called 'Plastic Ain't My Bag'.
Tesco Rolls out Bag-Free Home Delivery
Thursday, 14th June 2007, 1:27 pm
Tesco is offering online customers home deliveries without plastic bags from this week.
Waitrose Pulls Green Tills out of the Bag
Thursday, 3rd May 2007, 1:39 pm
Customers at Waitrose supermarkets can bag themselves a role as green pioneers by taking part in a market leading experiment.
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