Single-use plastic carrier bags issued by major supermarkets in England 2017-2022
The number of single-use plastic carrier bags issued by English supermarkets has decreased considerably since the mandatory charge was introduced in 2015. This charge was introduced in a bid to reduce the environmental impacts of plastic waste. For instance, the number of single-use plastic carrier bags issued by Tesco dropped from 637 million to just 1.4 million from financial years 2016 to 2021, while in 2022 Tesco did not sell any single-use carrier bag in England.