Bill Passed In House February 3, 2012 — The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), the legislative organ of the East African Community (EAC), passed the EAC Polythene Materials Control Bill, 2011 in the House. If the EAC Heads of State assent to the bill, it will become an Act of…
Wendy Pabian A few weeks ago, I received an email from a lady telling me that she had just gotten back from Dharamsala, India. She said that they had banned plastic bags and that I should write about it. Wendy spent the months of August, September and October of 2011…
The Phuket provincial government announced on January 27th that its Plastic Bag Free Campaign will begin on February 27th. According to the Phuket Gazette, a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed and retailers will begin handing out reusable cloth bags. See the story at Phuket Gazette. In 2004,…
January 30, 2012 – Northern Ireland Environment Minister Alex Attwood announced today that a levy will be placed on single-use carrier bags starting in April, 2013. The initial levy will be five pence, increasing to ten pence in April, 2014. Northern Ireland uses approximately 250 million carrier bags each year.(1)…
Ban Effective November 1st, 2011 Australian Capital Territory (ACT) began its plastic bag ban on November 1st. All retailers, not just supermarkets, are prohibited from distributing single-use plastic shopping bags.(1) In 2009, a plastic bags community consultation was conducted by the ACT Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and…
On September 15th of 2010, the city of Sioux Lookout became the first municipality in Ontario, Canada to pass a bylaw prohibiting the distribution of single-use plastic bags by retailers. In October of this year, the current city council decided to repeal the bylaw. It seems that the bylaw was…
Plastic-Free City Las Piñas, one of the largest cities in the Philippines with a population of just over 500,000(1), will prohibit the use and distribution of plastic bags. The ‘Plastic Bag Regulation Ordinance’ was passed on September 15, 2011. The ordinance also bans the usage of polystyrene foam. Section 3…
Today, October 1st, 2011 marks the beginning of a 5p charge for single-use bags in the country of Wales. All retailers must levy the fee for any bag, paper or plastic, distributed to the customer. As reported on March 16th of this year, Wales is the first country in the…
[box type="info"] The following story is reprinted by permission from Northern News Services Ltd. at NNSL.com The story was written by Heather Lange of Northern News Services and Published Thursday, September 1, 2011. NNSL covers the Northwest Territories of Canada. The photo to the left is the Downtown Skyline of…
Senator Legarda introduced her own bill, SB 2759, on March 29, 2011 to ban plastic bags. “Now that the House of Representatives has passed on third and final reading their version of the bill banning non-biodegradable plastic bags, I call on my colleagues in the Senate to speed up work…
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