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Tesco to require customers to ask for plastic shopping bags

LONDON - In a move to dramatically cut the number of plastic bags handed out at Tesco stores across ... the number of plastic bags handed out by 70% by next spring. Customers shopping at Tesco will be required to ask for a plastic bag, which will now be stored under the cash register, in an effort to encourage ... Spencer's, Debenhams and the National Trust, have already implemented a 5p charge for use of plastic bags ...

By Dan Leahul / Brand Republic 13-Aug-08

Debenhams joins plastic bag battle with 5p charge

LONDON - Debenhams has become the first fashion retailer to introduce a 5p charge for plastic bags ... to reducing our impact on the environment. As many as 13bn plastic bags are given away free to UK shoppers ... not voluntarily cut down on the number of plastic bags given away they will be forced to do so. B Q, the DIY ... . It is expected to halve the number of plastic carrier bags given out in the islands, currently 40m a year. Ikea ...

By Nikki Sandison / Brand Republic 06-Mar-08

Sainsbury's switches cereal packaging from cardboard to plastic

LONDON - Sainsbury's has started selling some of its own-brand cereal in plastic bags as part ... are now being sold in plastic bags and there are plans to drop cardboard boxes from all its own-brand cereals. Sainsbury's is also joining Waitrose in selling milk packaged in plastic bags, which can ... that a plastic bag alone will not be robust enough to stop cereal from getting crushed. The Daily Mail ...

By Staff / Brand Republic 22-Jun-09

Tesco accused of misleading public over claims to slash plastic bag use

LONDON - Tesco has published misleading figures stating it had halved the number of plastic bags ... supermarkets' reduction of plastic bags. Wrap's figures stated that the supermarkets had just failed to meet a target for cutting monthly plastic bag distribution by 50% in the three years to May 2009 ... -operative Group) reduced the number of plastic bags by 48%, from 870m in May 2006 to 420m in May 2009. Tesco ...

By Daniel Farey-Jones / Brand Republic 04-Aug-09

M&S leads plastic crusade as supermarkets hand out 3.5bn fewer bags

plastic bags last year under a voluntary scheme, which has succeeded in heading off a government ban ... -fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} The number of plastic bags handed out fell from 13.4bn in 2007 ... with a nine-page report on the environmental impact of plastic bags, backed by prime minister Gordon ... said that even though billions were still being given away they contained 40% less plastic because ...

By Nikki Sandison / Brand Republic 26-Feb-09

M&S battles plastic bag waste with 5p charge

LONDON - Marks & Spencer is to begin charging 5p for plastic carrier bags at its stores across ... The decision comes hot on the heels of the Daily Mail s campaign to ban plastic bags, which ... will also be supported by M S s franchise partners including BP and Moto. Some 13bn plastic bags are given ... Ikea and discount outlets Aldi and Lidl also charge for plastic bags. China s government has recently ...

By Nikki Sandison / Brand Republic 28-Feb-08

Supermarkets shamed by plastic bag overuse in home deliveries

LONDON - Tesco and Sainsbury's have been slammed by Which? over the amount of shopping bags ... . The use of plastic bags is a continual problem for retailers looking to balance environmental concerns ... Woodall, head of communications at CBC, said: "Plastic bags are very useful containers and can be recycled. Government statistics show that 80 per cent of all households reuse plastic bags to ensure ...

By James Quilter / Brand Republic 26-Jun-09

Tesco to offer plastic bag-free home delivery service

LONDON - Tesco is to rollout a plastic bag-free option on its home delivery service for consumers ... bags. The retailer said its naked delivery service aims to reduce the number of plastic bags, which ... said it wants to cut the 4bn plastic bags it dishes out annually by a quarter by 2008. It already ... been reported to recycle 150,000 tonnes of plastic bags and cardboard boxes every year. A series ...

By Alex Donohue / Brand Republic 12-Jun-07

Brown gets behind the Mail's 'banish the bags' drive

' campaign, warning supermarkets that if they do not voluntarily cut down on the number of plastic bags given ... , Brown set a challenge for UK supermarkets and retail stores to reduce the wasteful use of plastic bags ... that they are drawing up plans to reduce the amount of plastic bags they give away. Some 13bn plastic bags are given ... the Mail that the time to act is now with the ultimate aim of eliminating the single-use plastic bag ...

By Nikki Sandison / Brand Republic 29-Feb-08

Tesco to sell designer bag to help Marie Curie Cancer Care

LONDON - Homeware designer Cath Kidston is producing an eco-friendly re-usable bag range for Tesco ... of reusable bags and reduce consumer dependency on single plastic bags. The bags will retail at 3 ... The bags, which will be available from July in six different designs, will be sold to raise funds ... in turn will fund 12,500 hours of nursing care at home. The fabric of the bags is made entirely out ...

By Kate Langtry / Brand Republic 17-Jun-08

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