Overview
- Customers requesting bags at Home Bargains pay 15p per reusable carrier in Great Britain at checkout.
- Stores in Northern Ireland charge 40p per reusable carrier under the same policy.
- The company says the 15p option is the cheapest and most cost-effective reusable bag on the high street.
- Home Bargains sells only reusable carriers and encourages shoppers to bring their own to reduce waste.
- The policy sits alongside a statutory 10p minimum on single-use plastic bags in England, with similar levies in Scotland and Wales and exemptions for items such as raw meat or fish.