Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The charge for a single-use carrier bag has doubled from 5p to 10p from today and now applies to all businesses in England without exception.
Under the extension of the scheme all stores, including corner shops, have to apply the charge. Previously only businesses with 250 employees or more had to charge per bag and smaller shops could choose to do so voluntarily.
The 5p levy on plastic bags was introduced in England in 2015, with the most recent figures showing the number of single-use bags distributed by large supermarkets has fallen by more than 95 per cent.
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