July 30, 2025 8:15 am - The consumption of plastic carrier bags continues to decline. In many market segments, the trend is towards paper. Europe ...

Latest government figures show the number of single-use plastic bags sold last year rose by seven per cent, almost a decade after the plastic bag levy was first introduced ...

Huge drop in plastic bag litter on UK beaches - Marine Conservation Society calls for further measures to tackle litter ...

The number of plastic bags found on beaches has fallen by 80 per cent over the last decade, say campaigners. Single-use bags have effectively been abolished by shops and supermarkets after charges ...

A ban that targeted lightweight carrier bags with a thickness of less than 30 microns proved hard to regulate. The current ban covers all single-use plastic carrier bags.

Germany-based market research institute Ceresana says its updated study of the global market for flexible plastic films shows the market growing, despite more and more countries "trying to take action ...

[Martin Ndiema, Standard] The National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) has now banned the use of plastic seedling potting bags in line with the earlier ban on plastic carrier bags.

The authorities in Kyrgyzstan are imposing a ban on the circulation of plastic carrier bags in a location popular with tourists ahead of similar nationwide restrictions planned for 2027. In addition ...

England has begun imposing a fee of 5 pence per bag for single-use plastic carrier bags, reports the U.K.’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. The implementation of the fee in England ...

Those who offer free disposable plastic bags will face a fine of between 5,000 ($660) and 50,000 yuan. It is still too early to tell the outcome of such a directive.