Britain preffers not the complete ban
Shops could be forced by law to charge for handing out plastic bags unless they agree to impose the fees voluntarily, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned in a hard-hitting message to supermarkets and corner shops.
Campaigners claim most of the 13
billion plastic bags given free to shoppers end up as landfill waste,
taking an estimated 1,000 years to decay, thus damaging the
environment.
The move came after Marks & Spencer
announced it would charge 5p for each bag issued to food shoppers
from 6 May.
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