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  2. Plastic bag ban - Wikipedia

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    A total plastic bag ban on ultra thin plastic bags and a fee on plastic bags was introduced in China on 1 June 2008. This came into effect because of the problems with sewerage and general waste. One 2009 survey suggests that plastic bag use fell between 60 and 80% in Chinese supermarkets, and 40 billion fewer bags were used.

  3. Plastic bans - Wikipedia

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    As of May 2024, 12 states in the United States (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington) have banned single-use plastic bags. [6] In Nigeria, reports shows that over 60 million plastic sachets are used and disposed daily, [1] and only about 12% is recycled ...

  4. Leah Namugerwa - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] She is known for leading tree planting campaigns and for starting a petition to enforce the plastic bag ban in Uganda. [1] [3] [4] [2] Following inspiration from Greta Thunberg, she began supporting school strikes in February 2019 with fellow Fridays for the Future Uganda organizer Sadrach Nirere. [1] [5] [4] [6]

  5. Plastic shopping bag - Wikipedia

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    As of August 2018, over 160 countries, regions, and cities had enacted legislation to ban or put a fee on plastic bags with the aim to reduce the overall use of disposable plastic bags. [45] Outright bans have been introduced in some countries, [9] notably China which banned very thin plastic bags nationwide in 2008. [6]

  6. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, the state New York banned single use plastic bags and introduced a 5-cent fee for using single use paper bags. The ban will enter into force in 2020. The ban will enter into force in 2020. This will not only reduce plastic bag usage in New York state (23 billion every year until now), but also eliminate 12 million barrels of oil used ...

  7. Al-Shabaab (militant group) - Wikipedia

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    Ban on single-use plastic bags [ edit ] In July 2018, al-Shabaab announced a complete ban on single-use plastic bags within its territory in a broadcast in which it stated that they "pose a serious threat to the well-being of humans and animals alike", and in the same announcement, it also imposed a complete ban on the logging of several ...

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  9. Judi Wakhungu - Wikipedia

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    Judi Wangalwa Wakhungu EGH is a Kenyan politician, diplomat, and geologist who was appointed by the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, as ambassador to France on the 26th of January 2018. [1]