Tesco has handed out 1,5bn fewer single-use bags since the introduction of the carrier bag charge in England in 2015, but still 700 million each year – the highest among the major supermarkets. It said ending sales of single-use bags – from Monday 28 August – will significantly reduce the number of bags sold and would therefore litter and the number of bags sent to landfill. Tesco said online shoppers could still opt to receive deliveries in single-use bags after the end of store sales although of them already choose a bagless delivery.