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Jakarta to ban single-use plastic bags starting July 1
Shopping centers, supermarkets must provide environmentally friendly shopping bag, according to new obligation
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Government imposes ban on plastic bags
Provincial secretary vows to take steps to protect environment
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Recycling plastic bags
This is a two-pronged strategy.
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Capital to recycle seized shopping bags into dustbins
Official says they are clamping down on the use of plastic bags in the city
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‘Plastic causing environmental degradation’
An awareness lecture has been delivered among participants
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Australia's volunteer firefighters battle fatigue, injury and loss
Two volunteer firefighters have died and some have had their homes destroyed
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Smog forces schools shut in Iran
A grey cloud hung over Tehran on Sunday, obstructing the view of the mountains overlooking the city to the north
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UN talks deadlocked, detached from climate emergency
Scientists have amassed a mountain of evidence pointing to even more dire impacts on the near horizon
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Greta slams 'misleading' climate pledges at chaotic UN summit
Nations are at odds over how the fight against climate change should be funded
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Cosmetic efforts: SEPA unable to implement ban on plastic bag
Two months after the ban came into effect, shopkeepers openly using ‘banned’ plastic bags across the province
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