The price was increased from the 5p charge introduced in 2015. The average person now buys around three single-use carrier bags a year, down from 140 in 2014, government figures say. But ...

Throwing it into my bag packed with graded papers or a laptop seemed too risky, and I wasn’t willing to compromise on the bottle’s (very) large size. Enter: the Dabria Water Bottle Carrier Bag.