Retailers signed up to Zero Waste Scotland’s Carrier Bag Commitment can record “vital facts about the single-use bags”. The charge in Scotland came into effect in October and requires all retailers to charge a minimum of 5p for every single-use carrier bag.
Signatories to the Carrier Bag Commitment agree to donate the proceeds from the charge to good causes in Scotland, and in return gain free access to the reporting portal as well as bespoke communications materials.
Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said: “Now that the charge is bedding in, shoppers will expect transparency in how bag numbers are falling and what retailers are doing with the proceeds. I am therefore urging retailers large and small to sign up to this commitment to publish their results and donate the proceeds to good causes.”
Iain Gulland, Chief Executive, Zero Waste Scotland, added: “Over 250 retailers have already registered an interest in the Commitment, with signatories including Marks and Spencer, Superdry and Holland and Barrett and I hope to see others to follow suit.”
