Plastic bag charge increases
21st May 2021
Small shops in England must charge 10p for carrier bags from today (21 May) for the first time.
The government expects the use of single-use carrier bags will decrease by 70-80% in small and medium-sized businesses now the charge has been expanded.
The move has been welcomed by the NFRN. National President, Stuart Reddish, said: “We’ve been pushing for this for the last six years and now we’ve finally got a level playing field that we can actually do this.
“A lot of smaller retailers do make a charge already, and that money goes into local charities.