plastic bags and the environment


"plastic bags and the environment"

Tanzania: Zanzibar Imposes Ban on Plastic Shopping Bags
Associated Press: Zanzibar imposed a ban on plastic shopping bags this week to protect the country's beleaguered environment, an official said Wednesday. Anyone found producing, importing, using or selling plastic bags after Thursday could face a fine of up to US$2,000 (euro1,600) and a possible jail sentence of up to a year, said Ali Juma, Zanzibar's director of environmental protection. The ban -- which applies only to thin, transparent polyvinylchloride bags -- was necessary because the bags ...


Conspiracy doesn't explain party rules
Skip tax and make better bags to ease environment There has been more discussion lately about a proposed tax on plastic bags and, apparently, B.C. municipalities are being encouraged to adopt this proposal.


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5. Banishing Plastic Bags
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9. The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle
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11. New law warns wrap-happy Japanese: Step away from the plastic
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15. Are Plastic Grocery Bags Sacking the Environment?
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22. Facts About Plastic Bags
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27. WasteNet - Plastic Bags
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28. ARCHIVES
... Diane Garwood stressed the environmental damage plastic bags do to the environment. "Plastic bags have an enormous impact on the marine environment and are responsible for the deaths of 100,000 birds ...
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29. International Plastics Task Force
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30. Wired News: Drowning in an Ocean of Plastic
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