The summary for 2020 to 2021 is based on data from 166 retailers. There are 156 retailers who reported data for both 2020 to 2021 and 2019 to 2020, and in both years these retailers accounted for more than 95% of the total single use plastic carrier bags reported. 1. Summary

million (69%) went to a combination of good causes (relating to education, arts, heritage, sports, environment, health, charity or volunteering sectors, causes chosen by customers or staff) Custom tote bags are consistently popular with our customers, with thousands of businesses across the UK choosing them time after time. Highly practical and perfect for ensuring long-lasting brand awareness, your customers can use them as everything from handbag alternatives to shopping bags. Available in a vibrant rangeof colours - meaning they can effortlessly tie-in with your corporate palette or event branding -these budget-friendly promotional drawstring bags make excellent staff and customer gifts, and can easily tie into seasonal marketing campaigns. These are also great for university open days and freshers fairs where environmental initiatives and sustainable travel are prominent messages. retailers provided data in 2021 to 2022 who had not in 2020 to 2021, 4 of these have provided data for the first time. These retailers account for 0.4% of the total number of single-use bags reported for 2021 to 2022 Our custom-printed cotton tote bags can be branded with your company logo or corporate design in up to full colour.

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of retailers chose to donate to combined good causes (relating to education, art, heritage, sports, environment, health, charity or volunteering and causes chosen by customers or staff), or to causes chosen by customers or staff For the 2021 to 2022 reporting year, large retailers were required to charge a minimum of 5 pence (before 21 May 2021) or 10 pence (after 21 May 2021) per bag for carrier bags that are all of the following: In 2019 to 2020 they sold 629 million single use plastic bags. In 2020 to 2021, a small number of retailers (5) have reported data on a voluntary basis. These retailers account for less than 1% of all reported bags. 4. Retailers' responsibilities

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A brilliant way to advertise your branding and gain maximum visibility whenever this bag is being used of the retailers not reporting in 2019 to 2020 notified us that they have stopped operating in the last 12 months, so although they may have issued some carrier bags in this reporting period, it was not possible to obtain their data Data for 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020 has been updated to incorporate sales of single use plastic compostable bags for a small number of retailers. Incorporating the sales of these single use plastic compostable bags has increased the number of bags from 564 million to 629 million for 2019 to 2020 and from 1.11 billion to 2.13 billion for 2018 to 2019. The data presented in this summary for 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020 will not match those published previously sold by a large retailer who employs 250 or more full-time equivalent employees in total (not just in retail roles) - it is possible that for some of these, the retail element may be a relatively small part of their business.

Some bags are exempt from the charge, although retailers can choose to charge for them. These include plastic bags that are solely used to contain certain items, including:retailers who did not report, did not notify us of the reason for not supplying the information. These retailers together sold 1.7 million bags in 2020 to 2021 (0.3% of total bags)