http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures-0

WRAP publishes new carrier bag use figures

15th July 2014

Data published today by WRAP shows that 8.3 billion thin-gauge*
(single-use) bags were used in 2013 by customers of UK supermarkets**.

This represents an increase of 3.2% compared with 2012 (8.1 billion),
and a decrease of 32% compared with 2006 (12.2 billion), when reporting
began.

The number of thin-gauge (single-use) bags used per month by supermarket
customers increased from 10.6*** in 2012 to 10.8 in 2013. This
represents a decrease on the 16.7 bags per customer in the baseline year
of 2006.

The overall number of bags (which include re-usable bags) issued by
supermarkets in 2013 totaled 8.8 billion. This compares to 8.5 billion
bags in 2012 and 12.4 billion bags in 2006.

These figures represent an increase of 3.2% between 2012 and 2013, and a
reduction of 29% since the baseline year of 2006.

In 2013, total carrier bags (which include re-usable bags) weighed
67,300 tonnes, compared with 70,400 tonnes in 2012, which represents a
4.4% decrease. Overall there has been a 39% decrease in the weight of
carrier bags from the baseline year of 2006.

http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/wrap-publishes-new-carrier-bag-use-figures

http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Carrier%20Bag%20results%202013.pdf