"Four hundred million more plastic bags were handed out by
supermarkets last year, as the campaign to reduce their use went
backwards, official figures from the waste reduction body Wrap showed
today.
"Shoppers in the UK used 7.96 billion single-use bags in 2011, a rise
of 5.4 per cent on the previous year - with each person taking 10
throwaway carriers a month.
"Plastic bag use rose steeply across
most of the UK but in Wales, which introduced a 5p charge per bag last
October, it fell by 22 per cent."
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