Henderson welcomes Plastic Bag Initiative from Government
Ulster Unionist candidate for Strangford and Castlereagh councillor Michael Henderson has welcomed the announcement from the Department of the Environment that UK retailers have agreed to reduce the overall environmental impact of their carrier bags by 25% by the end of 2008.
In a statement Cllr Henderson said:
“I welcome the commitment by retailers to reduce the environmental impact of bags by encouraging customers to significantly reduce the number of carrier bags they use, reducing the impact of each carrier bag (e.g. by using less material or incorporating recycled content); and enabling the recycling of more carrier bags where appropriate.”
He added: “Some supermarkets such as Tesco are already actively promoting the reuse of plastic bags by offering reward points to customers to reuse their plastic bags but I am very pleased to see that all supermarkets have committed to this as well.”
“Cutting the number of plastic bags will reduce pollution and the move is a positive step forward in the sort of responsible thinking we need in order to really tackle the issue of global warming.”