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Unintended consequences of the 5p bag charge

Ruth Tarrant
6th October 2015
In the weeks prior to the introduction of the 5p bag charge in England, major supermarket chains decided to stock up on wire shopping baskets, with one chain reportedly purchasing an additional 60,000 of them!
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