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Plastic Bag Ban – Kadıköy, Turkey

One of Istanbul’s most populated and cosmopolitan districts, Kadıköy, imposed a ban last week on the use of plastic bags.”

Plastic Bag Ban – Brownsville, TX

Brownsville officials are hoping a unanimously passed ban on plastic grocery bags will make the city the first in Texas to rid the landscape of the so-called “urban tumbleweeds.”

Plastic Bag Ban – Nothern Territory, Australia

Legislation will be passed next year banning the supply by retailers to customers of all lightweight single-use bags.”

Plastic Bag Ban – Kauai, Hawaii


The Kauai County Council voted 4-2 yesterday to ban plastic carryout bags.

Plastic Bag Ban – San Jose, CA

By a vote of 9-1, San Jose City Council members asked city staff to draw up an ordinance Tuesday that would ban single-use plastic and paper carry-out bags from the city’s retail establishments by Jan. 1, 2011.

Plastic Bags Ban – Outer Banks, NC

The flimsy bags have turned into post-purchase tumbleweeds polluting the landscape of the Outer Banks, which relies on its landscape to attract tourists.”

Plastic Bag Ban – Hong Kong

Yau said a recent opinion poll showed that over 90% of Hong Kong residents agreed with reducing the use of plastic bags and 80% said they would actively support the environmental levy scheme to handle the abuse of plastic bags.”

Plastic Bag Ban – Marikina, The Philippines

Instead of plastics, marketgoers are encouraged to use bayong or biodegradable bags.”

Plastic Bag Ban – Berkeley Farmers’ Market

Ben Feldman, program manager of the Berkeley Farmers’ Market, said that the move was in step with the markets’ zero-waste campaign which aims to reduce and recycle plastic materials and to recycle and compost all waste products generated at the markets.”

Plastic Bag Ban – Marshall County, Iowa (Unincorporated)

The ban applies only to 2 stores in unincorporated Marshall County, and not to any stores in the 13 cities of Marshall County.

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