Plans have been announced by supermarket retailer Lidl to remove all 9p plastic bags from its stores in Wales.

The retailer decided to make the move, which will impact 54 Welsh stores, as it identified the bags were increasingly being used as single use. It believes that the trial will save the equivalent of 150 tonnes of plastic and five million fewer bags being sold annually. If the scheme is successful, it could be rolled out across the UK, resulting in an annual saving of 2,500 tonnes of plastic.

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