DanRussell published Plastic bag charge: Nottingham shoppers welcome change

Shoppers have welcomed a new plastic bag fee which could help save the environment.Traders with 250 or more full-time employees now have to charge 5p per bag to their customers.The new rules came in on Monday and yesterday afternoon shoppers in the Victoria Centre were still getting used to the change.Shopper Rachel Orme, 42, of Southwell, said: "I think the charge can only be a good thing because it will make a lot of difference to the environment. It will mainly affect supermarkets...