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<p><br>Since 5 October 2015, large retailers in England have been required by law
to charge a minimum of 5p for single-use carrier bags (SUCBs) and to report on the
amount they sell each year. The data for the year 2020-2021 will be published in the
summer.</p><p>The full datasets for each reporting year are on Gov.UK and can be accessed
here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england.</p><p>The
obligation for supermarkets to charge for SUCBs supplied with online deliveries (online
grocery delivery bags) was temporarily removed in response to the first Covid-lockdown.
These changes were only temporary, from 21 March 2020 to 21 September 2020. This exemption
was made as a precautionary measure and in order to allow retailers time to adapt
their delivery systems. As well as the charge exemption, the obligation to report
during this time period was waived. The charge for these bags was reinstated in September
2020 along with the reporting requirement. Therefore the dataset for the year 2020-2021,
will not include data from this period on bags used for online deliveries.</p>
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