Nine in 10 Filipinos support the ban on single-use plastic, according to environmental group Greenpeace Philippines.
Paper bags could soon return to the LCBO following a request from Ontario’s premier. In a letter to the CEO of the Crown corporation, Doug Ford says he wants “immediate steps” taken to reverse the reusable bag policy. “At a time when many Ontario families are already struggling to make ends meet, every additional expense counts,” the premier wrote in a letter dated April 7. “That includes charging customers for reusable bags instead of the free paper bags that the LCBO previously...
Plastic is ubiquitous. It's in the clothes we wear, wrapped around the food we eat and in the toothpaste we use. It floats in the oceans and litters the snow on Mount Everest.
Experts say the measure could presage another major crackdown in Xinjiang.
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate is advancing a measure to prohibit certain hotels from using single-use plastic bottles by 2026. State Sen. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, said her Senate Bill 2960 is about encouraging a change in behavior to prohibit hotels from using single use plastics. “Right now, we are putting so much plastic pollution into our waterways that it will no longer be safe for aquatic consumption and then human consumption,” Fine said. ...
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'If such 'never-before-seen' weapons exist, they are probably larger and more sophisticated,' Professor Gerald Steinberg, head of Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, said.
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to effectively ban smoking in the UK.
Apple has relaxed its repair policy and will soon let customers and independent repair shops use genuine used parts to repair iPhones. At launch, it will be available only to the iPhone 15 series.
WASHINGTON (AP) — China's burgeoning production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new U.S.-China trade fight, highlighted by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during her five-day visit to China and seized on by former President Donald Trump in incendiary remarks on the campaign trail. China has sharply ramped up its production of cheap electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries just as the Biden administration has pushed through legislation supporting...
Niamke Doffou selected the 'zero bags used' option on the self-service checkout as he packed up his £30 shop at the end of a night shift at Romford Sainsbury's Superstore. (File Image)
Unai Emery will take charge of his 1,000th game on Thursday night. Aston Villa boss has the chance to lift his fifth European trophy this season. CHRIS SUTTON: Why Ange Postecoglou is RIGHT to ignore talk of fourth - Listen to the