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Plastic bag charge a 'complete mess'
2014-02-06 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A cross-party committee of MPs says the government's plans for a 5p charge on plastic carrier bags in England are a "complete mess". The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) says the current proposals are "unnecessarily complicated". Their report says that bans in Ireland and Wales were simpler and have significantly reduced the impact of plastic bags on the environment. Over eight billion disposable carrier bags are used in England every year. Last September, Deputy Prime Minister Nick...
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