UK Retail Chain, Marks and Spencer, to Charge 5p for Plastic Bags
Friday, February 29th, 2008 by Alex Hutton 1 comments to this post
Iconic retail chain, Marks and Spencer, will donate the money they receive from the sale of plastic bags to charity.
This follows a trial at 50 M&S stores in Northern Ireland and south-west England, where demand for plastic bags was reduced by more than 70%.
As an alternative to plastic, ‘Bags For Life’ are available from M&S stores for 10p, which are replaced free of charge once they wear out.
Marks and Spencer are not the first retail chain to charge for plastic bags, Aldi and Lidl both charge around 5p for theirs, but they are the first to donate their charge to charity.
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Alex on March 1st, 2008
Some-one told us the other bags made of recycled
plastic packing strips take longer to degrade
than plastic bags! Wonder what M.& S. provide?
Generous of them to replace the worn out ones.
Our local store is providing biodegradable plastic bags. Mind you, sometimes they degrade
Fruit and veg. on the pavement is not a good look.
on the way home
Calico seems to do the best most times.