British retailers have halved the amount of waste they send to landfill compared with five years ago. Less than a quarter of waste produced by retailers is now sent to landfill, compared with almost 50 per cent in 2005. This reduction is one of the results revealed in A Better Retailing Climate Progress Report 2010 published by the British Retail Consortium. Retailers have also achieved an 18% reduction between 2005 and 2010 in both: energy-related emissions from buildings and carbon dioxide emissions from transporting goods. Supermarket customers are also using 4.6 billion fewer single-use carrier bags since 2006, despite major growth in sales.