biodegradable plastic bag News
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Ban on plastic bags broadened in San Francisco
San Francisco’s unique plastic bag ban has been extended to include pharmacies operating five or more locations in the city, according to NBC. The ordinance went into effect in November, first banning grocery stores from giving customers non-biodegradable plastic bags. The stores must use recyclable paper bags, reusable bags, or bio-plastic bags made of corn or potato starch. Now the ban also ...
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MEPs clamp down on wasteful Use of Plastic Carrier Bags
EU countries will be required to reduce the use of the commonest and most polluting plastic bags drastically under new rules voted by Parliament on Tuesday ""This legislation will create a genuine win-win situation"” said Margrete Auken (Greens/EFA, DK), who is steering the legislation through Parliament. “"We're talking about an immense environmental problem. Billions of plastic ...
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Wave of plastic bag bans expands across Americas in 2020
A wave of bans on plastic bags, and sometimes on plastic straws, has greatly expanded in 2020 when legislation will slash millions of dollars worth of resin sold and dent industry employment. In Mexico, where a plastic bag ban went into effect in 2020, producers have warned thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in economic activity would be lost. A similar ban also goes into effect in 2020 ...
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Global Biodegradable Polymers Industry
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Biodegradable Polymers Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p092427/Global-Biodegradable-Polymers-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Plastic This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Biodegradable Polymers in thousand pounds by the following End-Use ...
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Global Biodegradable Polymers Industry
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Biodegradable Polymers Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p092427/Global-Biodegradable-Polymers-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Plastic This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Biodegradable Polymers in thousand pounds by the following End-Use ...
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Plastic bag industry criticises UN call for plastic bag ban - comment update
The United Nations Environment Programme has come under criticism from the plastic bag industry after calling for a world-wide ban on thin film plastic bags. Responding to the results of a UN report assessing marine litter, UN under secretary and UNEP executive director Achim Steiner said: “Some of the litter, like thin film single use plastic bags which choke marine life, should be banned or ...
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