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Consumer groups want traders to provide alternatives for plastic bags THE STAR Jacob wants the government to put on record the arrangement with malls and supermarkets. WITH the ban on plastic bags in the Federal Territories and Selangor having taken...

PLASTIC bags may seem rather handy for carrying our groceries or when used as a bag for throwing away the garbage. However, once these bags are disposed of, they begin to create a lot of trouble for our environment, so much so that they have become an...

SORSOGON CITY — The Province of Sorsogon will soon join the growing list of local governments which imposed ban on the use of plastic bags within their jurisdiction. This developed following the introduction of a proposed ordinance at the Sangguniang...

by Gorky Bakshi The biggest challenge that the world and the environmentalists are facing is related to the disposal of plastic bags. Since plastic bags are the most inconvenient and non-biodegradable components on earth, the environmentalists across...

Thai plastic packager Multibax Public Co. Ltd. is more than doubling capacity for its new line of biodegradable bags, based largely on strong European demand for such lower-carbon-footprint packaging. Multibax plans this year to add a second extrusion...