Statistics also showed that in US, the places that have banned
plastic bags and straws so far include New York, where state lawmakers have approved a state-wide
plastic bag ban that will go into effect in March 2020.
The ban had been challenged by
plastic bag manufacturers claiming that ban imposed on the manufacture, import, sale, purchase, storage and usage of
plastic bags in the federal capital by the Pak-EPA was unconstitutional because it violated their basic rights
"My ministry is currently working on the legal regulations for a
plastic bag ban," German's Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Svenja Schulze told the Sunday edition of the Bild newspaper.
Penang started the 'No
Plastic Bag' programme earlier than us, but we are still new,' he told a press conference at his service centre here.
We are talking about reducing the
plastic bag and not abolishing it.
The issue isn't particular to Balochistan alone, as poor implementation of
plastic bag bans has also been reported in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
We all love the convenience of walking into a grocery store and shoving whatever we want into a
plastic bag. Think about the last time you've been to a store: Did you really need a bag for that lollipop?
The result of the survey revealed that low price/without cost (86.10%), easy availability (80.5%) and the lack of alternative material are the main reasons for the utilization of
plastic bags. The practice being used for the disposal of
plastic bag wastes is open dumping (72.27%) that was almost common among the respondents.
It takes up to 500 years for a
plastic bag to degrade in a landfill.
Dubai: Retailers in the UAE stepped up efforts on Tuesday to help stem plastic shopping bag waste from harming the environment as the world observed International
Plastic Bag Free Day.
Harmon told reporters on Wednesday, 30 May in Monrovia that if nothing is done to stop the production of
plastic bag water, the country's environment would be put at serious risk.
Starting next month,
plastic bag campaigns under the theme "rejecting
plastic bags" and "preparing shopping baskets" are scheduled to be held in traditional markets and events around the capital.
plastic bag - a bag made of thin plastic material