Tesco to end sales of 5p carrier bags

Supermarket to stop selling 'single-use' bags but will offer customers 'bags for life' costing 10p

The UK's largest retailer is to stop selling "single use" 5p carrier bags in its UK stores from the end of the month, instead offering shoppers reusable "bags for life" costing 10p.

The move by Tesco follows a 10-week trial in Aberdeen, Dundee and Norwich, which led to a 25% cut in bag sales as shoppers either brought their own or switched to the bags for life.