Daily Mail reported that British Prime Minister gave an ultimatum to Briton's supermarkets to bring down plastic carry bag usage drastically. He is concerned about loss of focus by supermarkets in bringing down the usage of 'single use' carry bags. This was earlier supported by 'Daily Mail' of UK with a 'Banish The Bag' campaign.
Some excerpts from the report of 'Daily Mail' today:
(Courtesy - Daily Mail)
"Britain’s biggest supermarkets are today given an ultimatum by the Prime Minister: Radically reduce the number of plastic bags you hand out by choice, or I will force you to by law.
David Cameron warns that unless stores deliver ‘significant falls’ over the next 12 months, they could either be banned outright from giving out single-use bags or be legally required to charge customers for them.
The Prime Minister says it is ‘unacceptable’ that the number of single-use carrier bags rose last year by 333million – a 5 per cent increase from the previous year. Environmental campaigners say the bags, used for only 20 minutes on average, take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
As well as causing serious harm to marine animals and birds, they blight the coastline, with 70 bags littering every mile"
Hope leaders of other countries including India walk through the footsteps of Mr. Cameron.
Some excerpts from the report of 'Daily Mail' today:
(Courtesy - Daily Mail)
"Britain’s biggest supermarkets are today given an ultimatum by the Prime Minister: Radically reduce the number of plastic bags you hand out by choice, or I will force you to by law.
David Cameron warns that unless stores deliver ‘significant falls’ over the next 12 months, they could either be banned outright from giving out single-use bags or be legally required to charge customers for them.
The Prime Minister says it is ‘unacceptable’ that the number of single-use carrier bags rose last year by 333million – a 5 per cent increase from the previous year. Environmental campaigners say the bags, used for only 20 minutes on average, take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
As well as causing serious harm to marine animals and birds, they blight the coastline, with 70 bags littering every mile"
Hope leaders of other countries including India walk through the footsteps of Mr. Cameron.
