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Bookmark or Share- Q&A: Kenya’s single-use plastic bag ban three years onIn 2017, Kenya passed the world’s toughest ban on single-use plastic bags. Judi Wakhungu, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources at the time, discusses the impact the ban has had.
- Plastic bag bans in the US reduced plastic bag use by billions, study ...But shoppers in Philadelphia used paper bags at a 157% increased rate amid the plastic bag ban when paper bags were available for use with no fee. “The intent of these laws isn’t to shift from a single-use bag to another single-use bag,” Celeste Meiffren-Swango, a co-author of the report and a campaign director for Environment America ...
- Which countries have bans on single-use plastics? | World Economic ForumUnited Kingdom – introduced a tax on plastic bags in 2015 and banned the sale of products containing microbeads, like shower gels and face scrubs, in 2018. A ban on supplying plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds recently came into force in England.
- China has announced ambitious plans to cut single-use plasticFor example, plastic bags will be banned in major cities by the end of 2020 and in all towns and cities within the next 5 years. The restaurant industry will also be affected - with consumption of single-use plastic items in towns and cities needing to be cut by 30% by 2025.
- Banning plastic bags and straws is a drop in the ocean. Here's what ...Monmouth County, New Jersey, which earned nearly $2.5 billion in tourism revenue in 2016, adopted what Clean Ocean Action called the most comprehensive plastic ban in the United States. The law was passed in May 2018, just before the start of beach season, and prohibits local businesses from distributing plastic bags, straws and Styrofoam ...
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