Monday, 22 Feb 2021 09:52 PM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
Tanzania is banning the importation, production, sale and use of plastic bags, becoming the 34th African country to implement such restrictions, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). ― AFP pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 Local supermarket chain Village Grocer announced today that it will no longer be providing plastic bags at all its stores in the Klang Valley and Johor with immediate effect.
It said it hopes to contribute to reducing single-use plastics and encourage its customers towards recycling and other sustainable measures.
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Political commitments to greater environmental sustainability
are translating into policies and legislation in the EU and UK to
encourage circular economies: switching from the linear take-make-consume-dispose model for products to closed loop industrial processes.
2020 UK implementation of EU legislation
Legislating to deal with waste and the environment is not new
and current initiatives on the circular economy build on other work
done in recent years.
In 2018 four EU amending directives came into force, requiring
transposition into national law by July 2020 of amendments to the
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Date: 27 May 2021
Costa Rica will forbid the entry of single-use plastics to its national parks starting February 25, the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) said.
According to SINAC, prohibited items include: stirrers, straws, disposable cutlery, disposable cups, fast-food containers, plastic tableware, non-reusable plastic bags, disposable plastic bottles and wrappers that are not part of the final product.
The measure applies to visitors, researchers, park officials, and “in general to all users who enter the Protected Wildlife Areas.”
“From SINAC, we take a step forward to contribute to the reduction of the use of disposable plastics within the National Parks and Biological Reserves as a conservation strategy, but also as a way of sensitizing and educating the visitor and surrounding communities,” said Rafael Gutiérrez, Executive Director of SINAC, in a statement.
Whether it s chopsticks and soy sauce packets from the local Chinese joint or sporks and hot sauce packets from Taco Bell, just about everybody who s ever ordered delivery or takeout from a restaurant has a kitchen drawer filled with unused utensils and condiments.
Denver City Councilwoman Kendra Black wants to clean out those drawers and help clean up the city. On the planet, we generate an incredible amount of plastic, she says. Most of it is for single use, and very little of it is recycled. We need to quit using it. Recycling is fine, but it’s not a solution.