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Supermarkets in Asia Are Now Using Banana Leaves Instead of Plastic Packaging
Supermarkets in Vietnam have adopted an initiative from Thailand that makes use of banana leaves instead of plastic as a packaging alternative. Supermarket in Chiangmai, Thailand earned praise on Facebook for coming up with the eco-friendly packaging after a local…
Co-Op to Replace Single-Use Plastic Bags with Compostable Ones
Co-op has announced plans to scrap single-use plastic bags at its stores and replace them with biodegradable ones. The supermarket expects the move to eliminate around 60 million plastic bags as part of its phased rollout. Lightweight compostable carrier bags, which can be…
Adidas Will Use Only Recycled Plastics by 2024
Adidas has long been committed to the fight against single-use plastics. Since 2015, it has partnered with Parley for the Oceans to respond to the plastic pollution crisis threatening marine life. In June, Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted announced the company…
Kenya Introduces World’s Harshest Law on Plastic Bags
Kenya has been a major exporter or plastic bag in the past – but now the country is cracking down on the plastic pollution with the toughest law of its kind in the world. Kenyans selling, producing, or just using…
Six Billion Plastic Bags Can’t Be Wrong – so What Do we Tax Next?
In the first six months of the 5p charge in England, 6bn fewer bags were handed out. Watch out coffee cups and plastic bottles. England’s plastic bag charge was a long time coming – long after Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland…