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Kingston celebrates Plastic Bag Free Day on 12 September

Posted on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 17:52

"Businesses across Kingston have been urged to do their bit on the world's first plastic bag-free day.  Environmental campaigners have called on traders to advertise the event, on September 12, in their shop windows and only hand out long-life bags on the day.  Shoppers will be able to pick up a free cloth bag from a stall outside All Saints Church, in Kingston's Market Plac

Tesco Posts Misleading Plastic Bag Statistics

Posted on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 17:38

"Britain’s biggest supermarket chain has published misleading figures giving the impression that it had met an industry target to halve the use of plastic bags.  The Times has learnt that Tesco, which claims to be one of the greenest retailers, missed the target and tried to conceal its actual performance."  The Times has learned that Tesco has cal