New figures from DS Smith have shown increased sales of paper for shopping bags as retailers adapt to new attitudes towards single-use plastic. Last year alone, its Kemsley Paper Mill – the largest paper recycling mill in the UK – supplied enough paper to make around 400 million bags used by major retailers and food takeaway chains. Bag manufacturers require year on year increases in recycled paper to manufacture bags, with orders increasing by 400% over the past three years, per DS Smith. Th...