By the end of the year, a much larger proportion of the population will be able to take all types of plastic bags and wrapping into their local supermarkets to be collected for sorting and recycling, including items like salad bags, crisp packets, biscuit wrappers, bread bags and frozen food bags. Currently, while many supermarkets provide front of store recycling points for carrier bags and other bags made of the same plastic (polythene), there is confusion among citizens about whether flexible plastic packaging can be recycled, and what their options…
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