Please provide data on convenience stores and supermarkets found in breach by trading standards of the latest phase of the single use plastics ban introduced on 1 October 2023.
Please can you supply the following information:
1) The number of businesses who were found in breach between its implementation on 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2024
The key search terms I am seeking in relation to the type of business are; convenience store, corner shop, grocery store, supermarket, newsagent, symbol group, tobacconist, off licence and independent retailer.
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2) The items they were found in breach of selling; single-use plastic plates, trays, bowls, balloon sticks, cutlery and polystyrene cups/food containers.
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3) The punishment or penalty for the breach, presented in a month-on-month format.
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