UK supermarkets hand out more plastic bags last year

Despite efforts from campaigners, British supermarkets dished out even more plastic carrier bags last year than the year before - partly because the bags are flimsier than they've ever been.

New figures from waste advisory body WRAP show that 8.3 billion single-use bags were used in 2013 by customers of the seven biggest supermarket chains. While that figure's a third less than that for 2006, it's up 3.2 percent on 2012. On average, says WRAP, customers are using nearly 11 bags a month.

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