Bag Bungle
October 05, 2011
Consumers and businesses in Wales, including many takeaway operators, are confused by the complicated rules, introduced on Saturday 1st, for charging purchasers 5 pence for every single use carrier bag they receive. There’s an exemption for bags containing food, but only if all items in a bag are unwrapped or partially unwrapped. If introduced across the UK (Northern Ireland follows next year), customers of quick service restaurants, which serve 1.3 billion meals …
