# RSPB to receive income from Aldi’s plastic bag scheme

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/06/05/rspb-to-receive-income-from-aldis-plastic-bag-scheme/
- Published: 2015-06-05T01:04:56+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Supermarket Aldi has chosen conservation charity RSPB as its partner to receive
profits from its sale of carrier bags.**

[RSPB](http://www.rspb.org.uk) will receive the funding from carrier bag sales throughout
England and Wales for three years from July 2015. The income source is expected 
to be worth £2 million to the charity over that period.

Unlike other supermarkets, Aldi has charged for carrier bags since it first opened
in the UK in 1990.

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From October 2015 Defra, the UK government department, will introduce a minimum 
5p charge for single use carrier bags, in an effort to reduce consumer usage and
to reduce plastic bag pollution. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have already
implemented nationwide charges.

## From 3p to 5p a bag

Aldi currently charges 3p for a single use carrier bag. From July it will increase
that to 5p.

Aldi will extend the programme to its stores in Scotland from January 2016.

In addition to its [partnership with RSPB](https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/about-aldi/useful-information/aldi-and-the-rspb/),
Aldi also partners with The Prince’s Trust and Barnardo’s.

 

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