In one year, the number of nylon bags sold in supermarkets in England has halved

In a year, the number of nylon bags sold in the UK’s largest supermarket stores has halved – according to British government data released Thursday.

Asda, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Tesco and Waitrose sold 549 million disposable nylon bags this year until April. In the previous 12 months, the figure was still over one billion. (Pietsch Judit, MTI)