Listock beach, Bridgwater Bay, Bristol Channel, England. Photo source: ©© Wokka
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Environmental groups demand plastic bags should be charged after data shows rise in annual usage for second year in a row.
England is the only part of the UK which has no plans for a plastic bag charge, and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), Keep Britain Tidy, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and Surfers Against Sewage are calling for one to be brought in.
The organisations say plastic bags end up littering England’s streets, countryside and beaches, while in the sea they can entangle or be swallowed by wildlife…
