Why is IKEA charging for a carrier bag when they are given away in other retailers?
We want to dissuade customers from using plastic bags. Most carrier bags never get a second use; they get thrown straight in the rubbish bin and take many years to degrade. In every year, an estimated 17½ billion plastic bags are given away by supermarkets. This is equivalent to over 290 bags for every person in the UK. back to top 3. How many bags does IKEA give away, can it be that much? In 2005 IKEA UK gave away 32 Million bags. If they were placed end to end they would stretch 19,200 Kilometres and that relates to. 29 journeys between Edinburgh and London 3 and a half journeys from London to New York A return journey to Tokyo back to top 4. But it is only a plastic bag, what damage or harm can it do? The production and use of plastics has a range of environmental impacts. Plastics production requires significant quantities of resources, primarily fossil fuels, both as a raw material and to deliver energy for the manufacturing process. Making Plastics involves the use of potentially
We want to dissuade customers from using plastic bags. Most carrier bags never get a second use; they get thrown straight in the rubbish bin and take many years to degrade. In every year, an estimated 17½ billion plastic bags are given away by supermarkets. This is equivalent to over 290 bags for every person in the UK.
