United Kingdom: Brown prepared to ban plastic bags
By | Published: February 29, 2008
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Politics: Gordon Brown has given his strongest indication yet that he could outlaw free plastic bags. Writing in a national newspaper, the prime minister urged all major retailers to do more to eliminate single-use plastic bags. In November, Mr Brown told supermarkets they needed to find ways of cutting plastic use, with the government and retailers agreeing a voluntary commitment to cut plastic bag use by 25 per cent. Today Mr Brown praised Ikea’s policies, which have seen it …
United Kingdom: Brown prepared to ban plastic bags
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Politics: Gordon Brown has given his strongest indication yet that he could outlaw free plastic bags. Writing in a national newspaper, the prime minister urged all major retailers to do more to eliminate single-use plastic bags. In November, Mr Brown told supermarkets they needed to find ways of cutting plastic use, with the government and retailers agreeing a voluntary commitment to cut plastic bag use by 25 per cent. Today Mr Brown praised Ikea’s policies, which have seen it …
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