The single-use plastic shopping bag ban has created an opportunity for women to generate income from producing reusable bags. "Making bags and other handicrafts is the only way I put food on the table ...

The fee for plastic shopping bags in England will be ... The increase in charge for single-use bags will encourage the sale and use of bags for life, he added. Plastic or paper: Which bag is ...

Japan's campaign to get customers to sack the use of plastic shopping bags by making stores charge for them is working, an Environment Ministry survey showed. During a single week, 72 percent of ...

The deadline for banning the sale and use of thin shopping bags expired on December ... will face fines and penalties for using thin plastic bags. Penalties include sealing shops for three days ...

BANGKOK: A well-known flower garden in Chiang Mai’s Mae Ai district is featuring a giant bear doll made from 296,444 used plastic shopping bags. The bear is called Nong (Baby) Kob Kaeb.

ALDI has eliminated plastic shopping bags from all of its 2,300 U.S. stores. The retailer announced meeting its end of 2023 goal last week, adding that the action will save nearly 4,400 tons of ...

Woolworths has announced a major shake-up that will change forever the way we do our grocery shopping. The supermarket giant has confirmed it will stop selling 15c reusable plastic bags at all stores ...

THUNDER BAY – ENVIRONMENT – Since the ban on single-use plastic shopping bags took hold in Canada, shoppers across the country, including Thunder Bay, have had to adjust to the new normal of reusable ...