date:Aug 02, 2019
all large retailers in 2018/2019 fell 37% to 1.11 billion compared with the previous year.
Government scientists believe plastic in the sea is set to treble in a decade unless marine litter is tackled. One million birds and over 100,000 sea mammals die every year from eating and getting tangled in plastic waste.
The figures reveal 5p plastic bag sales have also contributed around 169 million toward charities and other good causes since the charge was introduced on 5 October 2015, with more th