Prohibiting Shopping Bags in London Home

14.11.2007 BBC English

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33 municipalities councils in Londra have decided to ban supermarkets and stores to provide plastic bags for free.

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Shopping bags pose a serious threat to the environment. Every year in the UK, supermarket and shops distribute 13 billion bags. Most of them are going to trash. When the bags are found in the nature of 400 years, only one in 200 of the bags used in the country is going to recycle. If the rest is, it is collected as garbage along with solid waste.

The local executives of London with a million population have stopped on the options of preventing the environmental pollution generated by plastic bags and preventing the use of bags to reduce the use of bags or to prevent them from distributing them for free. After all, the distribution of plastic bags in the stores was decided to be paid.

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There was a conclusion that the London Municipalities Association surveys attracting the head of the introduction were done since 90 percent of the Londonians were done in bags. Mayor of Municipalities Merrick Cockell, "People will need to change their lifestyles slightly. Do not forget to have a bag in pockets or bags, and they will use it when they need it.

Cockell said, in many places in Europe, they can effectively process this formula, said, "When people change their habits a little, this is how many plastic waste are passed."

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According to the people, the reduction of plastic bags used in the UK by 25 percent will prevent the mixing of 58 thousand tons of carbon dioxide per year. This will also make a synonymous effect to prevent environmental pollution from taking 18 thousand cars from traffic.

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If they criticize the plan, for example, it is worth noting that the paper bags will not be useful to the environment. Head of the UK Retailers Consortium against the flat, Kevin Hawkins said that some members are already turning to bags or long-life bags that can be used repeatedly. Instead of ban on Hawkins, retailers asked their customers to have opportunity to develop solutions in accordance with their expectations.

He followed a similar process while smoking ban on the UK. Despite the concerns that the electorals can react to it; the prohibition entered into practice smoothly. The owners of the colon now hope to repeat the same success.

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