By Sean Poulter Consumer Affairs Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 00:00 BST, 24 June 2019 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 24 June 2019
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Boots will stop offering plastic bags at tills in a move to take 40million a year out of circulation and do away with 900 tons of single-use plastic.
Starting today, the health and beauty giant will start the switch to strong, brown paper bags as standard.
The change will be seen in 53 stores this week and then be extended to all the company’s 2,485 outlets by early next year.
Boots will stop offering plastic bags at tills in a move to take 40million a year out of circulation and do away with 900 tons of single-use plastic. Starting today, the health and beauty giant will start the switch to strong, brown paper bag
The move is part of a wider backlash across the high street against throwaway plastic which contributes to pollution, waste and litter.
Plastic carrier bags are not recycled in the UK, which means the vast majority end up in general household waste and are either buried in landfill, taking decades to rot, or are burned for energy.
Boots’ customers can buy a small, medium or large paper carrier bag for 5p, 7p, or 10p and all profits will be donated to the firm’s charity partner BBC Children in Need.
The bags are made in the UK from recycled brown paper certified by the
