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UK Plastic bag charge set to be doubled to 10p
27th December 2018
Externalities and government intervention in action. The UK government DEFRA is consulting on plans to increase the price of smaller plastic bags to 10 pence in a bid to tackle plastic pollution and cut the use of single-use carriers. 5p bag sales already have the potential to raise revenue to support good causes and there has been a sizeable cut in the usage of plastic bags. There seems to be broad public support for extending these charges to plastic bottles and cans. The European Union has just announced a ban on single use plastic such as disposable plates and straws.

I: 10p charge for plastic bags in every shop #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/nUknOKj7Ly
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 26, 2018
Our 5p #plastic bag charge has taken over 15 billion bags out of circulation. We want to go further by extending the charge to all retailers and increasing it to 10p.
— Defra UK (@DefraGovUK) December 27, 2018
Find out more and take part in our consultation: https://t.co/nXqmiGSovz #PassOnPlastic pic.twitter.com/oUXVYi7ojm

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