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AUDIO: Plastic bag charge 'must be simpler'

2014-02-06 11:20:28| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Joan Walley MP, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, discusses government plans for a 5p charge on plastic carrier bags in England

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Plastic bag charge a 'complete mess'

2014-02-06 01:08:21| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The proposal to curb plastic bag use in England by introducing a charge is far too complicated, say MPs.

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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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Arcata retailers prepare for plastic bag ban; ordinance will be implemented Feb. 1

2014-01-15 04:13:54| Grocery - Topix.net

"We weren't going to wait until the last minute," said David Neyra, store owner and Arcata Main Street president.

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Plastic bag bans proving ineffective, says NCPA

2013-12-17 15:08:00| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines

Plastic bag bans are not helping the environment and have failed to decrease municipal costs, claims a December 2013 study from the National Center for Policy Analysis.

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