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Daily Mail gets back on bags bandwagonSimeon Goldstein, 20 February 2009Be the first to comment on this article The Daily Mail has returned to its anti-bags campaign on the back of a survey that showed 82% of people felt a 10-15p charge for single-use carrier bags would encourage them to use bags-for-life. Environmentally friendly bag wholesaler Reusabags surveyed 2,000 people, mainly women aged 26 to 60, and found 91% were concerned by the impact of carrier bags on the environment. Almost 70% said the retailers’ voluntary 50% reduction by the end of spring 2010 was not enough and 46% favoured a combination of retailer charges, taxation and allowing councils to ban bags in their areas as the best way to tackle the issue. Reusabags founder Chris Amos told Packaging News he “didn’t mind plastic bags” but just opposed giving them away free. “It’s just ridiculous that China and some African countries are ahead of us on this issue. It’s time we caught up,” he added. Reusabags is a wholesale supplier of a range of bags including jute, cotton and biodegradable plastics. It also supplies PP bags that are classed as environmentally friendly because they are inert. The full survey can be viewed via the Reusabags website by clicking here.
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