The list of cities and countries working to ban the single-use plastic bag just keeps getting longer and longer. With an estimated 480 million plastic bags used per year in Wales, the country is the latest place to join the ranks of others who are committed to eliminating an item that most of us only use once and can take between 500 to 1,000 years to degrade.
From the BBC:
Environment Minister Jane Davidson said people were more aware than ever of the issue, but she said: “We simply cannot go on like this.”
Keep Wales Tidy welcomed the Get Carried Away bilingual campaign.
In February, the Welsh Assembly Government became the first administration in the UK to start work on legislation to end the use of free single use plastic bags.
The assembly government supports the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) efforts to reduce the numbers of these bag, but says it wants Wales to go a step further.
Ms Davidson said: “As a minister I have always stated that I do not support the use of one-trip plastic bags.
“I have asked my department to develop legislation to end the use of single use carrier bags.”
The campaign is being called “Get Carried Away” and the first 1,000 people that register with the campaign’s website will receive a reusable bag, an excellent motivator. Good work Wales. What’s your city doing to end the dependence on single-use plastics?
