In amidst, the Boxing day sales, the Environmental Minister for Wales, Jane Davidson is calling all people to make recycling and re-using their bags a New Year's resolution while they go about their shopping.Ms. Davidson says:
“I am asking people to remember to take their bags with them whenever they go out shopping in 2010. We want everyone to get used to the idea ahead of our plans to introduce a charge by early 2011. Single use carrier bags are not usually bio-degradable and are a waste of resources. Customers have come to expect free plastic bags at checkouts, but we all need to look at more environmentally-friendly options.”
An estimated 324 million bags a year are handed out in Wales and plastic bags alone account for 2.7 per cent of litter by weight (Keep Wales Tidy survey figures).
The estimated cost of removing this specific litter is £1m annually. All litter removal costs Wales annually £37 million.
To learn more about how you can help future generations by reducing, reusing and recycling your waste please visit the website www.wasteawarenesswales.org.uk
For more information on our carrier bags campaign, ‘Get Carried Away’, please visit: www.walescarbonfootprint.gov.uk
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