Number of plastic bags Using the Britis are growing for the first time in a decade – and experts say online shopping is to blame.
Shows new data England Bought 437 million plastic bags in last year, seven percent from 407 million in 2023/24. This is the first time the number has increased Government introduced 5P charge In 2015, on every single-use plastic bags sold by large retailers. It increased to 10P after epidemic.
Talk to Many timesWaste Charity Rap said that the increase in online shopping was primarily guilty of bounce. It said that packing methods used by internet retailers often used single-use carrier bags for delivery at home.
The figures released by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DFRA) sold 221 million plastic bags last year in the online supermarket Okado, which was equivalent to all 51 percent sold in the UK. He said that the growth was below to increase his overall customer base.
Online supermarket stated that they introduced a “closed-loop system” for plastic bags, with 89 percent of bags back and recycled.
Supermarkets were responsible for the most sales of plastic bags. Co-op, Morrison and Sensbury sold the most plastic bags with 94 million, 58 million and 11 million sales respectively. All four retailers recorded an increase in sales of single-use plastic bags compared to the previous year.
A spokesman for Okado Retail said: “Our approach for delivery is designed to emission and reduce waste, while customer orders are efficient and products in excellent positions from warehouse to door.
“We were the first retailer to introduce a closed loop recycling system for plastic bags in 2015, allowing customers to return plastic bags in exchange for refunds from any retailer – from any retailer – from any retailer, and our current return rate in the bag is 89%. Returned bags are renovated and the new bags are renovated and our closed loop systems are renovated. Are.”
Censor also said that his on-demand delivery services, where plastic bags were previously used, increased in the previous year. He said that he has now replaced the plastic bag with a paper bag.
Morrison also told Independent He had his closed-loop recycling process, but he said that he was moving towards more addresses that obtained “bagless” delivery systems.
A Sansbury spokesperson said: “Our on -demand delivery services have increased in the previous year and have basically used single use plastic bags. We have replaced them with paper bags and hoped that our single use to reduce the sales of plastic bags according to the next report.
“All sales income from these single use is used to support good reasons in communities from which we serve and from the source.
“More than 50 percent of the postcode we distribute to get our grocery items in a small basket, which takes the customer back to the door and takes back the hands. In the last six months, we have extended our 12.5k to this bagless delivery system.
“Other postcodies are completed by our automatic central supply center, where our customers receive their grocery items in a renovation plastic bag – 88 percent of which are returned as part of a closed loop recycling process and recycled.”