Kenya – retailer Nakumatt to introduce re-usable carrier bags

An interesting transition from single use plastics to single use bioplastics, to reusable plastics in a couple of years, apparently impelled by an economic instrument. Kenya‘‘s biggest supermarket retailer, Nakumatt Holdings, is to launch a reusable carrier bag, following a Government move to levy 120 per cent excise duty on …

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Malaysia – pay-as-you-throw legisation expected

People who waste more will have to pay more and every household will have to start separating recyclable items from other waste. These are two of the implications of the Solid Waste Management and Public Clean-Up Bill, which the Housing and Local Government Ministry expects to table in parliament in …

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USA – California stemming tide of plastic bags

On July 1, California will become America‘‘s first state to initiate a mandatory recycling programme to cut down on its mounds of plastic bags. The Sacramento Bee reports that under legislation – Assembly Bill 2449 – and signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last year, supermarkets, pharmacies and other …

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USA – New Hampshire passes demolition debris ban law

Gov. John Lynch of the US state of New Hampshire has signed a law banning the burning of toxic construction and demolition debris. Fosters Online reports that Vermont has a similar ban while Maine allows the debris to be burned with some restrictions. New Hampshire‘‘s ban takes effect Jan. 1. …

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