New compulsory fee for Asda, Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Home Bargains and Primark shoppers
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox All shops in England will now need to charge a minimum of 10p for every carrier bag sold.
The new rules mean retailers of all sizes will have to charge a fee – which until now only applied to those with 250 employees or more.
The cost, which until now was just 5p, will double to 10p for every single-use carrier bag sold, reports the Mirror. In 2014, 7.6 billion bags were given away to customers at England's seven largest supermarkets, the equivalent of 140 per member of the population.
However, since the tax was introduced in 2015, an estimated 15 billion bags have been taken out of circulation. The average person in England now buys just
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