China has banned(禁止)free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for using plastic bags.The rule started on June 1 last year.It came because our country tried to make litter less.Making super-thin(超薄)plastic bags has also been banned. ...
It’s a new week, and I’m ready to talk trash. One of the most common questions I get about plastic-free living is what I do for garbage bags. And the second most common question is what to line our waste cans with if plastic grocery bags are banned. Here’s my short answer: W...
Kenya last month joined close to a dozen East African countries that have banned plastic bags or imposed punitive taxes to limit their production and use in a bid to curb pollution. Macharia noted that Kenya set a precedent worth emulating globally when it enforced a sweeping plastic ban with ...
The miracle material has made modern life possible. But more than 40 percent of it is used just once, and it’s choking our waterways.
pollutes the ocean and asking the company to reconsider its product materials, as well as marketing images. I would have probably just been satisfied to leave my comment and drop the issue, until I discovered that Turtleback had removed our comments and banned us from further interaction on ...
The entire state of Hawaii has banned plastic bags in its grocery stores, and large markets in Los Angeles have done the same. But the problem goes beyond these individual locations. New York City, for example, has a heavy amount of plastic bag pollution, with litter often getting caught ...
ban sb from doing sth 做/参 与某事,比如: He was banned from driving for six months.他被 驾驶六 个月。 Banning the bag is a small step. Littering 塑料袋只是一小步。在墓地乱扔 in gr eyards is generally frowned upon. 垃圾通常会引起 。但是在肯尼亚 But at the edge of Kangemi, a slum...
Belgium also has a collection system, called VAL-I-PAC, for plastic packaging waste produced by construction projects. Plastic packaging waste is collected in 400 L bags sold by the collection system at 1 EU/bag. The bags are transported, sorted, and mechanically recycled. The packaging wastes...
SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Discarded containers and bags are an eyesore in many towns, while beaches are covered by debris -- Senegal's notorious problem of plastic pollution is not going away. Fly-tipping is a scourge and landfills like the sprawling Mbeubeuss site near the capital Dakar are...
The first batch of items to be banned include products such as disposable plastic bags, packaging bags, meal boxes, bowls, drink cups and straws made from non-biodegradable polymers. On the list of substitutes are items such as biodegradable plastic bags; paper, cloth and linen bags; and reus...