If our customers want single use bags we'll give them single use bags.
Environment minister Alex Attwood said he believed "the vast majority of people" would be happy with the introduction of the new levy and realised that plastic bags and single use bags were a "threat to our environment".
Supermarkets have issued substantially fewer single use bags since the 5p charge was introduced, according to figures obtained by the BBC earlier this month.
Since the Welsh Government imposed a 5p charge last year (giving the cash to charity) there's been fall of up to 96% in single use bags in supermarkets.
Several other countries including China have banned plastic bags or instituted fees for single-use bags.
The British Retail Consortium says the number of single-use bags has fallen in recent years from 10.6 billion in 2006 to 6.1 billion in 2010.
The Northern Ireland Executive will bring forward legislation later this year to introduce a 5p charge for single-use carrier bags in April 2013.
BBC: Plastic bags: Welsh government urges charges for rest of UK
Green Mountain owns the wholesale side of Tully's brand, which includes coffee in bags and single-serve packs that are sold in supermarkets and other stores.
"We are not happy that the decline in the use of single-use plastic bags has not been maintained and that there has been an increase, " he said.
To further discourage single-use containers, Portland just passed a bill that bans plastic bags in all major grocery stores.
He also said the rate of decomposition for bags varied depending on the environment they were left in and therefore a single date for labelling would be hard to determine.
Players grabbing cookies by the handful and carrying out entire bags of Gatorade are a regular sight, especially among the team's rookies and single guys.
Another study showed that hidden fees can increase the original ticket price for a typical traveler with a single bag 10% to 82%, or 21% to 153% for a traveler with two bags.
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