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Make that change

YES, definitely ban the sale of horticultural peat, but we need to go further (), or charging the public for plastic bags is absurd and hypocritical. Charge the customer for a paper bag, perhaps, but an outright ban in supermarkets of any plastics is essential. Supermarkets can well afford

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