England: plastic bags issued by supermarkets 2022

The number of single-use plastic carrier bags issued by English supermarkets has decreased considerably since the mandatory charge was introduced in 2015. This charge was introduced in a bid to reduce the environmental impacts of plastic waste. For instance, the number of single-use plastic carrier bags issued by Tesco dropped from 637 million to just 1.4 million from financial years 2016 to 2021, while in 2022 Tesco did not sell any single-use carrier bag in England.

Number of single-use plastic carrier bags issued by major supermarkets in England from FY 2016 to FY 2022 (in millions)

Characteristic	The Co-operative Group	Morrisons	ALDI	Waitrose**	Farmfoods Limited	Asda	Sainsbury's*	Tesco**	Marks & Spencer
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Release date

July 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

FY 2016 to FY 2022

Supplementary notes

* Sainsbury's issued carrier bags was below 1,000 in 2020/21.
** Tesco and Waitrose reported that they did not sell any single use carrier bags for 2022/23.

Only supermarkets for which data was available have been included in the ranking.
Figures are for the financial year e.g. April 2022 to April 2023.

This statistic uses original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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