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Duty on plastic bags
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 8 days ago
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While welcoming the 15 per cent import duty on plastic bags, a major manufacturer said more plastic bottles were manufactured locally than plastic bags. "And they're all over the place but people just talk about the bags. These bottles are manufactured...
Tags: plastic bags, Fiji Islands, Suva, Environment, Recyclable materials, Containers, Litter, Plastic bag, Business Finance, Plastic, Packaging
Sabah tourism centres to ban plastic bags
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | 10 days ago
Credibility All tourism centres under Sabah government agencies will be barred from using plastic bags in an effort to conserve the environment. State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said the ruling was expected to be enforced by early...
Tags: plastic bags, tourism centre, ban plastic, Sabah, Datuk Masidi Manjun, Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Environment, Recyclable materials, Lok Kawi, Plastic bag, Hospitality Recreation, Plastic, Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary
Food safety measures reviewed
Doha :: Qatar | 15 days ago
Credibility The National Food Safety Committee in a recent meeting has recommended continuation of the ban on Indian eggs and discussed various other issues pertaining to public health including the quality of saffron sold in the market, use of stapler pins on tea...
Tags: National Food Safety Committee, plastic bags, tea bags, Qatar, Doha, Containers, Tea bag, Plastic bag, Plastic, Saffron, Packaging, Medicinal plants, Tea
Ban on plastic bans? Not at Trade Fair!
New Delhi :: India | 20 days ago
Credibility The Delhi government had banned the use of plastic bags with great fanfare, but participants at the Trade Fair seem to be unaware of the existence of any such ban. Even on the second day of the fair at Pragati Maidan, several booths, including those of...
Tags: plastic bags, stall owners, trade fair, Delhi, India, New Delhi, Plastic bag, Jute, Plastic, Maidan, Bag, Environment, Packaging, Pragati Maidan
Un-Eco Bag
I had a major realization today or an epiphany you could say. It happened in the simplest of places and during the most mundane situation. There I was, pulling the trash out from under the sink, when my plastic shopping bag stash exploded, yet...
Tags: Eco Friendly, Environment, Recycling, Reusing, DIY, Plastic Bags, Shopping Bags
Dow upbeat on Asian growth
Midland :: TX :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Dow Chemical , the largest US chemicals group, said on Thursday the worst of the US downturn was over and Asia was showing signs of strong growth, fuelling bullish sentiment on the global economy. “The economic outlook for the rest of 2009 appears to...
Tags: Parent Dow Chemical Co., Rohm & Haas Co., charges related, dismal sales, plastic bags, chemical used, rival rohm
HC uphold notification banning use of plastic...
New Delhi :: India | 4 months ago
Credibility The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld a city government's notification banning use of plastic bags in specified areas of the capital. A division bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur dismissed the plea of plastic manufacturers' association challenging...
Tags: Delhi High Court, plastic bags, World Brotherhood Organisation Delhi, community centre, plastic manufacturers
Sheila takes on Jairam on plastic ban
New Delhi :: India | 4 months ago
Credibility A day after minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said in Lok Sabha that a total ban on plastic bags was a bad idea, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit left no one in any doubt that she was at odds with the minister. Speaking to...
Tags: Jairam Ramesh, plastic bags, Sheila Dikshit, Centre & Delhi
NBC 3 Las Vegas (KVBC): Mexican police find 4 mutilated bodies in bags
Morelia :: Mexico | 4 months ago
Credibility Police in western Mexico have found four hacked-up bodies in plastic bags on the side of a highway. The prosecutors' office in the city of Apatzingan says police received reports early Thursday morning of plastic bags leaking blood in the nearby town...
Tags: plastic bags, mutilated bodies
Centre`s plan to dole out subsidy to plastic industry opposed!
New Delhi :: India | 5 months ago
Credibility Centre's plan to dole out subsidy to plastic industry opposed New Delhi, June 12: Having banned plastic bags in the national capital, Delhi government has opposed Centre's proposal to dole out capital subsidy to the plastic industry to help it set up...
Tags: plastic bags, plastic industry
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