The new levy on plastic carrier bags has come into effect in Northern Ireland.
We would encourage the use of durable carrier bags which can be used again and again.
Lots of new businesses order snazzy carrier bags in order to make a mark on the local community.
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An estimated 13bn carrier bags are given away to UK shoppers each year.
Wales was the first part of the UK to introduce a mandatory charge for carrier bags in October 2011.
But what happens if the business fails - and the bill for the carrier bags order doesn't get paid?
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The department hopes to see an 80% reduction in the use of carrier bags as a result of the levy.
We often get carrier bags and coal sacks, but occasionally items such as pool covers, toilet seats and drain pipes.
The Northern Ireland Executive will bring forward legislation later this year to introduce a 5p charge for single-use carrier bags in April 2013.
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Diana Wallis - the Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber - has long argued for a levy on plastic carrier bags.
David Miliband, the environment secretary, told the BBC on Sunday that throw-away carrier bags would become a thing of the past within a few years.
And among other recent announcements from stores on green issues, Tesco has said it plans to follow the Co-Op's lead by making its carrier bags biodegradable.
Making carrier bags for businesses is a case in point.
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The biggest environmental cost of food transport comes, not from international shipping, but driving to and from the supermarket, often with just a couple of carrier bags in the back of the car.
Husband-and-wife team Nick and Simone Monu -- of fashion label Monu and Monu -- took up the green theme in their designs, incorporating carrier bags, bin liners, and even one of their daughter's old toys.
Lower prices could, in fact, squeeze the entire industry of e-reader accessories that has sprung up in recent years to outfit the Kindle and its competitors with protective covers, external lights and special carrier bags.
The only plastic objects that can not now be recycled are heavily contaminated items, such as paint pots and plastic products, such as carrier bags, coal sacks, and clear material used to seal food containers.
Ms. Lederman couldn't say, but she noted that they were nearly as popular as the leopard-print wine bags and a carrier bag shaped like a Tootsie Roll.
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Two and a half years ago the Dallas, Tex. carrier decided to defy industry convention and handle bags and ticket changes for free.
Currently, the carrier is studying use of hand-held scanners to improve accuracy in routing bags.
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