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Shoppers in England To Be Charged For Plastic Bags

- Nick Clegg will unveil plans to charge 5p for plastic bags in supermarkets and large stores in England starting in 2015. - The goal is to reduce environmental damage by cutting plastic bag use, as charges in other parts of the UK have reduced bag use by over 70%. - Proceeds from the charge will go to environmental charities rather than the government or retailers.

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Shoppers in England To Be Charged For Plastic Bags

- Nick Clegg will unveil plans to charge 5p for plastic bags in supermarkets and large stores in England starting in 2015. - The goal is to reduce environmental damage by cutting plastic bag use, as charges in other parts of the UK have reduced bag use by over 70%. - Proceeds from the charge will go to environmental charities rather than the government or retailers.

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Shoppers in England to be charged for plastic bags

Nick Clegg to unveil new 5p cost of bags in supermarkets and large stores to cut use of environmentally damaging products Conal Urquhart and agencies theguardian.com, Saturday 14 September 2013 10.20 BST

Shoppers will be charged for plastic bags from 2015, Nick Clegg has vowed. Photo: Andy Rain/EPA Shoppers will have to pay a 5p charge on every plastic bag they use in plans to be announced by Nick Clegg. The deputy prime minister will unveil the move at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow next week. The charge will come into effect in autumn 2015 after the next general election and will bring England into line with other parts of the UK. Charges are already in place in Wales, where there has been a 76% fall in plastic bag use since it was introduced in 2011, and Northern Ireland, with Scotland to follow suit next year. The charge has been in place in the Republic of Ireland since 2002. The charge will only apply to supermarkets and other large stores. Small corner shops will be excluded. The proceeds will go to charities involved in clearing up the environmental damage caused by the bags rather than the government or the retailers. The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Davey, said the plastic bag levy would only raise "pretty small amounts" for charity as its aim was to get people to cut the number they use. "It is a huge environmental step forward. Liberal Democrats in this coalition government have been championing the green agenda," he told the BBC. "One of the great things about this charge is the government is saying 'try to avoid it'. We want you to not pay this charge by reusing and not using plastic bags. "The success of this charge will be that it doesn't raise any money. We are very clear that none of this money will come to government; we are not trying to tax people, we are trying to change people's behaviour, encourage much more environmentally friendly behaviour."

Shoppers in England to be charged for plastic bags


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Shoppers in England to be charged for plastic bags


Nick Clegg to unveil new 5p cost of bags in supermarkets and large stores to cut use of environmentally damaging products Conal Urquhart and agencies theguardian.com, Saturday 14 September 2013 10.20 BST

Shoppers will be charged for plastic bags from 2015, Nick Clegg has vowed. Photo: Andy Rain/EPA Shoppers will have to pay a 5p charge on every plastic bag they use in plans to be announced by Nick Clegg. The prime minister will unveil the move at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow next week. The will come into effect in autumn 2015 after the next general election and will bring England into line with other parts of the UK. Charges are already in place in Wales, where there has been a 76% fall in plastic bag use since it was introduced in 2011, and Northern Ireland, with Scotland to follow next year. The charge has been in place in the Republic of Ireland since 2002. The charge will only apply to supermarkets and other large stores. Small corner shops will be excluded. The will go to charities involved in clearing up the environmental damage caused by the bags rather than the government or the . The energy and climate change , Ed Davey, said the plastic bag would only raise "pretty small amounts" for as its aim was to get people to cut the number they use. "It is a huge environmental step forward. Liberal Democrats in this government have been the green agenda," he told the BBC. "One of the great things about this charge is the government is saying 'try to avoid it'. We want you to not pay this charge by reusing and not using plastic bags. "The success of this charge will be that it doesn't raise any money. We are very clear that none of this money will come to government; we are not trying to tax people, we are trying to change people's behaviour, encourage much more environmentally friendly behaviour."

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