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Plastic shopping bags in France are now history

2016-07-02 00:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: A ban on plastic bags distributed at cashiers in French shops came into force Friday, as the country makes the environmentally-friendly shift to recyclable and reusable biodegradable bags. The measure came into effect July 1 and was passed as part of a 2015 energy bill. It bans plastic bags thinner than 50 micrometres from being distributed at cashiers regardless of volume, and regardless of whether or not the retailer charges customers for the bag. Bakeries, butcher shops, grocery stores and...

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Plastic Bags Hurting Chicagos Recycling Efforts

2016-05-18 10:32:00| Waste Age

Only about 10 to 12 percent of what is picked up in Chicago is meeting the standards for the citys recycling program. read more

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Why We Must Ban Plastic Bags and Support a Circular Economy

2015-11-11 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: "There`s your product. It`s all plastic bags," I said to Phil Rozenski, director of sustainability and marketing for Novalex, a plastic bag manufacturer. We were on stage debating the efficacy of plastic bags at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina in early October. The object I was referring to was a 45-pound mass of tangled plastic bags found in the stomach of a dead camel in the desert of Dubai. The intention was to point out that in a circular...

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VIDEO: Will plastic bags go out of fashion?

2015-10-04 01:02:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

As the government prepares to implement a 5p charge on plastic bags in English supermarkets, BBC News takes a look at the social impact of mass-produced plastic bags, and their origin.

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5p plastic bags: All you need to know

2015-10-02 04:13:41| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

On 5 October supermarkets in England will start charging 5p for using plastic bags. Here's a breakdown of everything you need to know about the price hike.

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