UK: Tesco brushes off plastic bag criticism
By: Becky Pile | 4 August 2009
UK supermarket chain Tesco has defended its record on cutting the use of plastic bags after being accused of publishing misleading figures that suggested it had met an industry target.
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UK supermarket chain Tesco has defended its record on cutting the use of plastic bags after being accused of publishing misleading figures that suggested it had met an industry target.
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