While 10p charge has driven down high-street use, the levy does not apply to the booming industry of online purchases ...

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail stores. The ratio of shoppers who decline plastic bags at stores has risen ...

Ten years on, the plastic bag levy has largely been hailed a success - but has it actually helped the planet? Two experts go ...

When the Government introduced the plastic bag charge, it was intended to encourage people to reuse bags and cut unnecessary plastic waste. Since 2015, large retailers in England have been ...

Penang set its plastic-free campaign in motion as early as 2009 by imposing a 20sen charge on every plastic bag. In January 2021, the rate was hiked to RM1 from Thursday to Sunday.

All supermarkets in England are now charging 5p for plastic bags and the Supermarkets are bracing themselves for an increase in shopping basket thefts. But does anyone really want to steal a ...

New figures from the Department for the Environment show how the charge - now 10 pence - has been a staggering success, making a huge impact on the amount of single use plastic bags handed out by ...

New research by sustainable packaging company DS Smith shows that almost 7 billion plastic bags will be used for UK ...

Ten years on, the plastic bag levy has largely been hailed a success - but has it actually helped the planet? Two experts go ...

Sad to say, we have not saved any bags at all. Major retailers NTUC FairPrice, Dairy Farm Group, Prime Supermarket and Sheng Siong discussed introducing a plastic bag charge last year, but concluded ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Over RM57mil has been collected in plastic bag charges in Selangor and Penang from 2009 to 2024. Of the total, RM38,048,240.26 was collected in Selangor from 2020 to 2023 while ...

The Hong Kong government’s new HK$1 levy on all types of plastic bags, an increase from the previous 50 HK cent fee, will help combat plastic waste and encourage consumers to use reusable bags.