Plastic bag usage drops 59% since 2019, research finds

// Plastic bag use has dropped 59% in just a year
// Since 2015, sales of plastic bags have dropped 95% in big grocersNew research has found that the use of plastic bags in England has dropped by 59 per cent in just a year as shoppers reused their own bags.
Sales of single-use carrier bags have dropped by 95 per cent in main supermarkets since introduction of 5p charge in October of 2015, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Over the past year, grocers inc