Wag Defends Plastic Bag Levy Despite Co Footprint Doubt ; Single Use Bags Have Less Impact, Says Report

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THE Assembly Government has defended its levy on single use carrier bags after a report which retailers said showed the bags were not as environmentally damaging as often claimed.

The Environment Agency last week published a report which showed how many times different types of bags needed to be re-used in order to have a lower carbon footprint than lightweight single use bags.

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Wag Defends Plastic Bag Levy Despite Co Footprint Doubt ; Single Use Bags Have Less Impact, Says Report

The report, entitled Life Cycle Assessment of Supermarket Carrier Bags, showed that a standard "bag for life" of the sort sold by supermarkets needed to be re-used four times t...

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