M&S to charge 5p for plastic bags
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has said that it will be charging food customers five pence for each of their plastic bags. The company said the profits from the charge would be used to help promote green spaces across the UK.
Porsche challenges London gas guzzler taxThe company said that a trial run of the scheme in Northern Ireland and southwest England had resulted in a drop in demand for carrier bags of 70 per cent and had raised 80,000 pounds for the environment.
Profits from the scheme go to environmental charity, Groundwork to "invest in greener living projects across the UK". The scheme is due to come into full effect on 6 May, by then all M&S food stores standard carrier bags are to made from recylced consumer waste.
The company said that this would "reduce the amount of virgin plastic M&S uses by 3,400 tonnes per year".
Stuart Rose, chief executive of M&S, said, "If M&S customers right across the UK cut the number of food bags they use by 70 percent, that is over 280 million bags they would be saving every year," reports Reuters.
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