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August 12, 2019 08:59 AM

Germany planning plastic bag ban to tackle waste

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    Germany is planning to introduce a law to ban the use of plastic bags as voluntary agreements with retailers to curb usage failed to yield “good enough” results, according to environment minister Svenja Schulze.
     
    “My ministry will get a plastic bag ban on its way,” Reuters quoted Schulze as saying 11 Aug, without giving further details.
     
    The move, according to Schulze, is part of a strategy to make the nation less of a “throw-away society” and reduce the overall plastic consumption in the country. 
     
    The Sunday daily Bild am Sonntag originally unveiled the plans, which were later confirmed by the minister.

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