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Supermarket plastic bag charge has led to 98% drop in use in England, data shows (www.theguardian.com)

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Environmental campaigners have called on the government to learn from its own successes after official figures showed the use of single-use supermarket plastic bags had fallen 98% since retailers in England began charging for them in 2015.

Annual distribution of plastic carrier bags by seven leading grocery chains plummeted from 7.6bn in 2014 to 133m last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said on Monday.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's second to synthetic textiles

Edit. in the ocean

https://www.horiba.com/int/scientific/resources/science-in-action/where-do-microplastics-come-from/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for providing the article, was an interesting read

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah but synthetic textile is very broad and can be many products across different industries. A tire is an end product and if you find an alternative for that, you knock off the most contributing product of micro plastic.