who came to be known as the Paper Bag Boy after Gulf News carried a story on him when he was eight, is now going places with his environmental strides. As Abdul Muqeet prepared to celebrate UAE ...

Several of the retailers asked were vague when asked what they do with the money from the sale of the bags they sell. Iceland said charging 30p for a reusable plastic bag or a paper one is “in ...

This is an “encouraging” change, up from 61 per cent who brought their own bags before the disposable carrier bag charge ... like dishwashing liquid and paper products to a wide variety ...

The number of carrier bags issued by shops is continuing to fall in Northern Ireland. An 8.1% drop in the number of bags dispensed was recorded last year (59.7m) compared to the previous year (65m).

A councillor has hit out at shops charging for paper bags after he paid 20 cent in a Clarks store for a bag in which to take his new shoes home. Fine Gael councillor Naoise Ó Muirí is demanding ...

An “intrigued” reader called Mairead got in touch to see if we could find out when it became common practice for retailers to start charging its customers for paper bags. “Just last weekend ...

Today's Object of the Week is something a bit different than the usual offering... it's a carrier bag! When James Harker took a call from his dad about a carrier bag, he was absolutely delighted ...

Adding the plastic bags to the process was intense ... Foggy days were definitely a challenge. The Paper Boy’s didn’t really have fancy foggy day schedules, it had to get done. We were not mail ...

Since 2015, large retailers in England have been required by law to charge 5p for all single-use plastic carrier bags ... in favour of bags for life, which are thicker, or paper bags, with ...

Iceland is introducing a major change to the supermarket’s carrier bags. The frozen food brand is rolling out a paper carrier bag made with ‘new technology’, in a bid to make them more durable.

Iceland is making a major change to its bags across all of its UK stores. The frozen food retailer is rolling out a brand new paper carrier bag which has been created with "new technology" which ...