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Plastic bag use has plummeted in England since the introduction of a 5 pence charge last year.. In the six months after the levy was introduced last October, 640 million plastic bags were used in seven major supermarkets in England. In 2014, the waste reduction charity Wrap estimated the same shops had used 7.64 billion bags over the full year. If that trend were to continue over the year this would be a drop of 83%. It follows the pattern seen in the rest of the UK since the introduction of charges for bags. [Source: BBC News]
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