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Single use plastic carrier bag England key figures 2016-17 to 2025-26

Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England

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"Table 1: Key figures on the carrier bag charge in England 2016-2017 to 2025-2026"
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Key figures 2025 to 2026 2024 to 2025 [note 2] 2023 to 2024 [note 2] 2022 to 2023 2021 to 2022 2020 to 2021 2019 to 2020 2018 to 2019 2017 to 2018 2016 to 2017
Number  of retailers reporting data [note 3] 94 104 114 120 154 166 194 221 249 261
Total  number of single-use plastic bags sold [note 4] 399 million 437 million 407 million 434 million 497 million 489 million 628 million 1.13 billion 1.75 billion 2.12 billion

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