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August 17, 2008

Tesco report British Shoppers Shun Single-use Carrier Bags

-- Tesco has revealed the use of disposable plastic bags hasdropped by 2 billion since August 2006 --

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 - CHESHUNT, UK, August 17, 2008 - Tesco, the UK supermarket giant,has announced that the use of disposable plastic bags is in steepdecline as shoppers in their thousands switch to permanent shoppingbags.

Tesco customers have saved a staggering two billion carrier bagssince Green Clubcard Points were launched in August 2006. Carrierbag use by Tesco shoppers in the last month is 40% lower than forthe same period two years ago.

Throughout the month of July in 2006, Tesco gave its customersapproximately 350 million single-use carrier bags. In July 2008,that had dropped to just 200 million.