article_snippet: Since 2008, the Mail has campaigned to get rid of plastic bags, many of which make the Mail way into landfill and oceans.
article_snippet: The Banish the Bag campaign secured a major victory in June last year when a 5p charge for plastic bags was announced in England.
article_snippet: The charge, which will be introduced by October, is expected to reduce bag use by up to 80 per cent and raise up to £100million a year for good causes, including a raft of green clean-up groups that tackle litter in green spaces, rivers and beaches.
article_snippet: Similar charging schemes in Ireland have led to a fall of around 90 per cent in the distribution of the bags.
article_snippet: Britain’s coastline, with some 70 bags littering every mile.