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Biodegradable carrier bags are MORE toxic than conventional plastic versions, study claims | Daily Mail Online
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Plastic bag tax is set to DOUBLE: Price of a single-use carrier will rise to 10p | Daily Mail Online
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Nick Sutton on X: "Saturday's Daily Mail front page: YOUR plastic bag victory #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers https://t.co/uRPhcoXNFq" / X
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6 months after 5p was levied on all plastic bags in Wales numbers used fall by 90% | Daily Mail Online
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Plastic Bag Charges 'Chaos' In Daily Mail And Mirror Prompt Predictable Internet Reactions | HuffPost UK News
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Shoppers to be charged 5p for a plastic bag: Victory for Mail campaign as stores are ordered to act | Daily Mail Online
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Biodegradable carrier bags are MORE toxic than conventional plastic versions, study claims | Daily Mail Online
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6 months after 5p was levied on all plastic bags in Wales numbers used fall by 90% | Daily Mail Online
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Adam Vaughan on X: "2015: "chaos looms" as England introduces a plastic bag charge. Number of single-use plastic bags sold: more than 2bn. 2021/22: 0.5bn single use bags sold, as people calmly
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Five billion fewer plastic bags given out each year - thanks to Mail campaign that changed the way we shop | Daily Mail Online
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Ministers urge people to recycle LESS to cut waste as people fill green bins with wrong items | Daily Mail Online
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Billions of plastic bags are prevented from polluting England after their use drops by 98 per cent at major retailers since the 5p charge backed by the Mail was introduced in 2015
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