- why reusable bag
- reforms around the world
- paper & plastic trails
- cool links
The United States
• In The United States, San Francisco became the first city to ban plastic bags in 2007
France• France banned plastic bags in its Parisian grocery stores in 2007, with a national outlaw in 2010
Italy• Italy has voted an outright ban to be introduced in 2010
China• In 2007 China launched a surprise crackdown on “white pollution”, banning production of ultra-thin bags
Hong Kong
• In May 2007 Hong Kong proposed a 50 cent "polluter pays" levy on plastic shopping bags
South Africa• Since 2003 South Africa has adopted a tax on bags
Ireland• Ireland is the paragon of countries in the fight against plastic bags with the effective Plastax introduced in 2003
