Super Value owner Rupert Roberts said the government needs to “abolish” a recently implemented fee on plastic bags, and warned that public anger over the issue could follow the Minnis administration into the next election. “Abolish the charge,” Roberts told The Nassau Guardian. “And I think government should really do it because I’m afraid this is going to follow them right to the ballot box. The public are angry and [the new year] is the wrong time to make the public angry. “You know, right after peace on earth and happy new year, to make the whole country angry at a single plastic bag is going to cost them — government — if they don’t change it.” He said the government should have given businesses six months to get rid of the plastic bags they have in stock without making customers pay a fee. Legislation banning single-use plastics came into effect on January 1, 2020.

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