Bid to cut supermarket's use of plastic bags welcomed

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  July 30, 2008 ;     433 words ......encourage supermarkets to cut the number of plastic bags they give to customers by 70 per cent...by legislation to reduce the number of plastic bags they hand out to customers, and plastic bags could cost 10p each as part of the move...

2nd Ld-Writethru: China to limit use of plastic bags from June 1: central...

Xinhua News Agency;  January 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Ld-Writethru: China to limit use of plastic bags from June 1: central gov't BEIJING...government will impose limits on the use of plastic bags starting on June 1, as part of its dualcampaign...shops will be banned from giving free plastic bags to customers as of that date. China...

1st Ld: China to limit use of plastic bags from June 1: central gov't

Xinhua News Agency;  January 9, 2008 ;     553 words ...1st Ld: China to limit use of plastic bags from June 1: central gov't BEIJING...government will impose limits on the use of plastic bags starting on June 1, as part of its dualcampaign...shops will be banned from giving free plastic bags to customers as of that date. China...

Plastic bags piling up around the world

Winnipeg Free Press;  June 16, 2006 ;     645 words ......I have a dog, but I still have more plastic bags than I'll ever use. I thought I had...bags to stop the spread of malaria. Plastic bags in the African country have become a...the catastrophic problems caused by plastic bags blocking sewage drains, causing flooding...

Plastic just isn't our bag! A Midland village is on its way to becoming...

Birmingham Mail (England);  July 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the first place in the country to ban plastic bags. Cat explains: A BBC camerawoman, Rebecca...made a film about the terrible effects plastic bags have on wildlife and convinced the retailers...could do something similar. You see plastic bags in the streets everywhere. If you drive...

Brown set to force supermarkets to charge customers for plastic bags

The Scotsman;  March 1, 2008 ;     569 words ......forced by law to charge for handing out plastic bags unless they agree to impose the fees...lightly - but the damage that single- use plastic bags inflict on the environment is such that...yesterday said it was stopping the use of plastic bags for promotional purposes with ...

Pitch plastic bags; Earth will thank us

The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  April 21, 2008 ;     404 words ......Lloyd Levine's amped-up effort to purge plastic bags has passed its first hurdle on the way...Sherman Oaks Democrat's fight against plastic bags: He authored the 2006 bill that requires supermarkets and pharmacies to recycle plastic bags and sell reusable bags. Perhaps an ...

China needs more efforts to fully ban free plastic bags (2)

Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2008 ;     581 words ...China needs more efforts to fully ban free plastic bags (2) HAND-TORN PLASTIC BAGS FAVORED In contrast to farm produce fairs...thrifty housewives have found they can get free plastic bags in the supermarket on the meat, seafood and...

Fed: Australians urged to say no to plastic bags

AAP General News (Australia);  December 31, 2003 ;     216 words ......Fed: Australians urged to say no to plastic bags MELBOURNE, Dec 31 AAP - An environmental...simple resolution next year - say no to plastic bags. Clean Up Australia wants people to...bags in a bid to rid the environment of plastic bags. "Plastic bags have been one of ...

Plastic bags may be sacked

Daily Breeze;  January 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......set to vote today on whether to ban plastic bags at large grocery and retail stores in...environmental groups have argued that plastic bags endanger wildlife, pollute waterways...county residents use about 6 billion plastic bags - enough to stretch to the moon and...

Uganda to ban manufacture, importation of plastic bags

Xinhua News Agency;  February 28, 2005 ;     246 words ...Uganda to ban manufacture, importation of plastic bags KAMPALA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Uganda...ban the manufacture and importation of plastic bags and impose a hefty levy on thicker ones...recommendations to the cabinet to ban the plastic bags about five years ago. Mugisha said a...

Plastic bags are a cotton-pickin' problem.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO);  November 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Frankel MALDEN, Mo. _ The hunt for plastic bags didn't take long. Five minutes down...field. And there they were: a half-dozen plastic bags fluttering among the remaining cotton...missed by the mechanical picker. Those plastic bags, they will wreak havoc, Provance said...

PM bans plastic bags

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 1, 2008 ;     695 words ......Government department to stop buying branded plastic bags - after the WMN revealed the scale of...force supermarkets to reduce the use of plastic bags if they did not take steps voluntarily...like Ikea, which removed single-use plastic bags from its stores last July, and Marks...

Plastic bags pose cotton-pickin' problem

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  November 20, 2005 ;     660 words ...MALDEN, Mo. - The hunt for plastic bags didn't take long. Five minutes down...field. And there they were: a half-dozen plastic bags fluttering among the remaining cotton...missed by the mechanical picker. Those plastic bags, "they will wreak havoc," Provance said...

The perils of plastic bags ; EXTRA

The Independent - London;  May 3, 2007 ;     307 words ......are they trouble? The production of plastic bags causes pollution, and requires the use...petroleum. Each of the estimated 10 billion plastic bags used every year by UK consumers will...Most of us go through an average of 167 plastic bags each year. What are the alternatives...