Waitrose has selected its Saffron Walden store as its first branch in the UK to have free carrier bags removed, an initiative that kicked off last week.

For the previous two weeks, customers were offered free ‘Bags for Life’, which normally cost 10p. The bags are now on sale during the two-week no plastic trial, which ends on May 27.

Customer responses have so far been mixed. Most welcome the environmentally friendly initiative, although some have said they kept the old plastic bags for rubbish.

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