Daily Mail, 29th July 2008
"Supermarkets have been told they must slash the number of plastic carrier bags they give to customers by 70 per cent by next spring. The Government has warned stores that a failure to do so voluntarily will trigger a change in the law to put an end to the distribution of free throwaway bags, dubbed 'plastic poison'".... Read the whole story at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1039424/Stores-given-spring-cut-plastic-bags-70-cent.html