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Tuesday, 16 February 2010


The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, wants London to be plastic bag-free

Boris Johnson wants to ban plastic bags

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, wants London to be plastic bag-free by the time the Olympics are held in 2012.

The Republic of Ireland cut plastic bag use by 90% when it introducd a 15 cent charge per bag in 2002. Mr Johnson wants to see the same effect here.

He says: “If all UK shoppers cut out just one in five bags, it would save about 40,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases a year – equivalent to taking over 12,500 cars off the road for a year.”

The Mayor plans to discuss with supermarket bosses the best way to discourage shoppers from picking up a plastic bag.





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  • Angie (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 19 February 2010 @ 19:54

    That is a good idea

  • sackboy19 (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 20 February 2010 @ 13:46

    i think its a brilliant idea!

  • marrowhead (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 15 April 2011 @ 17:26

    thats a really good idea and i definately hope that it goes forward and will cut down the usage of plastic bags.