Shopkeepers and vendors fear a hefty fine from inspectors who are tasked with keeping the Indian city free of plastic bagsAt 10am on a muggy October morning, Crawford Market, one of Mumbai’s oldest,
Bags for fruit and veg to be replaced by compostable versions and 5p bags to be axed Waitrose & Partners is to remove traditional plastic bags for loose fruit and vegetables and 5p single-use
Even if you do all your shopping with reusable bags, you’re going to end up with a bunch of plastic. Your bread comes in it, your toilet paper, your organic carrots and non-GMO freekeh from the bulk
Retailers given six months to stop providing lightweight plastic bags or face fines of up to NZ$100,000New Zealand will ban single-use plastic bags over the next year, the government has
A Coles supermarket advised its customers of its single-use plastic bag ban in Sydney in July. On Wednesday, after some customers complained, the chain dropped the ban.
A Coles supermarket advised its customers of its single-use plastic bag ban in Sydney in July. On Wednesday, after some customers complained, the chain dropped the ban.
A Coles supermarket advised its customers of its single-use plastic bag ban in Sydney in July. On Wednesday, after some customers complained, the chain dropped the ban.
A food distribution center for displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia. This week, the leaders of the Shabab, a terrorist group, announced that they would ban the use of plastic bags in areas the group
A food distribution center for displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia. This week, the leaders of the Shabab, a terrorist group, announced that they would ban the use of plastic bags in areas the group
Swapping bags for banana leaves – and cloth sacks – the tiny Indian state of Sikkim has transformed shoppers’ habits. Can Mumbai follow its example?As a boy growing up in Sikkim, the Indian state