SPAR Hungary has also secured special authorisation to allow it to transfer the necessary amount of plastic film waste to its partner, Papier-Mettler, for the production of recycled shopping bags.

Spar told us that its plastic bags are 20p each and that the money from the bags is funnelled back into the local community by company-owned stores.

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