Plastic Shopping Bag Levy a Success Hong Kong, May 13, 2013 (PBBR) – The Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department (EPD) launched the Plastic Shopping Bag (PSB) Levy Scheme in July, 2009. The Scheme placed a 50 cents levy on all plastic shopping bags. According to the EPD, the scheme has…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 12, 2013 (ENS) – A six-month public awareness campaign on reducing plastic bag usage and waste was launched Thursday by the Waste Management Department of Dubai Municipality, a city in the United Arab Emirates, located within the emirate of the same name. The campaign is…
Brunei Darussalam, April 27, 2013 (PBBR) – The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) with its co-organisers launched the ASEF Green Action initiative with a bag exchange on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 at the Universiti of Brunei Darussalam (UBD). This activity is ASEF’s contribution to raise awareness on the harmful effects of plastic…
BANGKOK, Thailand, April 27, 2013 (ENS) – The Thai government has a new program that encourages shoppers to reduce the number of plastic bags they use by one bag per person per day. Studies have found that Thais use eight plastic bags per person per day, according to the government…
El Segundo, California, April 23, 2013 (PBBR) – Bioplastic resins used in the manufacture of single-use grocery bags are gaining momentum in India and Italy according to Cereplast, Inc. Cereplast, based in El Segundo, is receiving orders for its Cereplast Compostables® resins from the two countries in anticipation of stronger…
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, April 14, 2013 (ENS) – Retailers in Northern Ireland must now charge shoppers at least five pence for each new single use carrier bag. The new levy is intended to slash by 80 percent the 250 million single use bags used in Northern Ireland each year. As…
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. April 14, 2013 (PBBR) – Two Members of Parliament (MP) of Sint Maarten are proposing to regulate disposable plastic bags in the island country. The two MP’s submitted their draft law to the Sint Maarten Parliament last Thursday and the bill must now work it’s way through…
ROME, Italy, April 5, 2013 (ENS) – A year after passing a nationwide plastic bag ban, the Italian government has identified the technical characteristics of plastic bags that can legally be used in a decree published in the Official Journal in March. Environment Minister Corrado Clini and Economic Development Minister…
Press Release from Pakistan EPA: Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), with the approval of the Ministry of Climate Change and after obtaining consent of the Law and Justice Division, notified a Regulation prohibiting manufacture, import, sale and use of non-degradable plastic bags and other plastic products in the limits of…
BERNE, Switzerland, December 14, 2012 (ENS) – Switzerland’s Parliament has approved a motion banning single-use plastic bags. Both houses of the Swiss Parliament Thursday voted to forbid the distribution of plastic shopping bags. The next step is for the government to implement the ban. Swiss Environment Minister Doris Leuthard said…
Becoming eco-friendly is possible, even if this concept is new to you . .
I do not mind the plastic bag ban at all..... I say everyone stop whining . . .
It was great to read about a younger generation drawing attention to environmental issues.
Just to follow up on what Andy said, in the UK some supermarkets now charge for plastic bags
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