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Supermarket plastic bag charge has led to 98% drop in use in England, data shows (www.theguardian.com)

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Environmental campaigners have called on the government to learn from its own successes after official figures showed the use of single-use supermarket plastic bags had fallen 98% since retailers in England began charging for them in 2015.

Annual distribution of plastic carrier bags by seven leading grocery chains plummeted from 7.6bn in 2014 to 133m last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said on Monday.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Self serving checkouts ask you how many bags you want and charge for them in the UK. I have seen a growth in adults using backpacks, it wasn't the norm before the bag charge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I use my backpack, much better for carrying heavy groceries

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Doesn't everyone else just click no bags? Free bags baby.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cameras, I mean you could pretend to scan stuff and walk out if you wanted.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

If you have like, more than a few things and click no bags they often freeze and signal an employee to override. Annoying when you brought a bag

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Wooly @Magnus I click no bags.... after I've scanned them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the outcome of that?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Wooly I pay for the bags, but only once.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that how it's supposed to work? Either you scan them, or tap however many bags at the end. Not both.

Btw you don't need to @ me when replying, this is double bag scanning but for Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, that was kind of the point.

(The @ ing is because I'm replying from Mastodon, it does that by default)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh fair, first mastadon person I've met.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Even the federators get confused by federation.