The UK government has just announced that the single-use carrier bag charge will be increased from 5p to 10p and extended to all businesses in England from 21 May.
The announcement is here. The guidance was updated on 30 April here – note the exceptions.
Scotland already raised the plastic bag charge, effective from 1st April 2021. This was reported in our March Email Alert. Note, plastic bag charges are temporarily suspended (Scotland) for certain types of delivery until 31 May.
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