TESCO have recently announced they will give Club Card loyalty points to shoppers who re-use plastic bags.
While Bromley Green Party applauds initiatives such as this, it cannot be whole-hearted applause.
It's a very small step on the road to sorting out a very large problem.
In this country we use approximately 20 billion plastic bags a year - 330 for each of the UK's inhabitants.
A few years ago the Irish government introduced a tax on plastic bags, resulting in a 93 per cent drop in the number in circulation.
Perhaps now is the time to consider seriously introducing a similar "plastax" in this country.
JOHN STREET
Bromley Green Party
Bromley
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