The Woodland Trust is to plant 30,000 native trees on a site in Essex, funded by TK Maxx from the profits generated by sales of its core plastic carrier bags. The trees will be planted on a ...

Financial adviser Stephen Mayes, 56, brought two plants from his garden and left them in a ... He brought in two of the plants in carrier bags and parked up in a council-owned permit bay outside ...

A 5p levy on single-use carrier bags applies whether the bag is plastic, paper or made from plant-based material A mandatory carrier bag charge has been introduced in Scotland for the first time.

The plastic carrier bag has become something of a symbol for the problems caused by plastic pollution. It's why many countries around the world have brought in a plastic carrier bag charge.