Bans / Fees

• London Joins National Campaign to Banish the Curse of the Plastic Bag - The Independent (UK) 14nov2007
• Green Crusader Rebecca Hosking: The Woman Who Became a Bag Lady -  The Independent (UK) 1may2007
• San Francisco Leaders OK Plastic Grocery Bag Ban - AP / Washington Post 27mar2007
• PET Plastic Problem Photographs - Chris Jordan / Photographer 1jan2007
• Garbage Land: On The Secret Trail of Trash - Book Review / Washington Post 10jul2005

• Malibu Ban on Polystyrene: Opposition to Plastic Foam Ban Grows - Malibu Times 30mar2005

• Somalia: Somaliland Bans Use of Plastic Bags - Somali Press 1mar2005

• Kenya: Plastic Bag Ban in Kenya Proposed as Part of New Waste Strategy - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 23feb2005

• Kenya: UN Environmental Agency Takes on Your Neighbourhood Plastic Bag - Press Release / United Nations (UN) 23feb2005

• S.F.'S 17-Cent Solution: Stop throwing away grocery bags, save millions - [submitted version] Op-ed by Paul Goettlich / SF Chronicle 24jan2005
      This op-ed is in response to an article by Suzanne Herel in the Chronicle on 20 Nov 2004.

• Golden Bay 1st Community To Be Free of Plastic Bags -  Golden Bay Bag Ladies (New Zealand) 3jan2005

• If the Plastic Bags Delivered with the San Francisco Chronicle in 1 Year Were Piled onto a Football Field, How High Would that Pile Be?  Paul Goettlich / Mindfully.org 18nov04

• San Francisco 17¢ Bag Fee Resolution No. 007-04-COE (draft 2004)

  • Costs Associated With Paper and Plastic Bags -  San Francisco Department of the Environment - CCSF 17nov04

• Taiwan Bans Plastics to Reduce Waste  - The Seattle Times 7mar03

• Taiwan Plastics Ban to go Ahead Regardless of Opposition - Agence France-Presse 30dec02

• Plastics Bill banning Non-reusable Plastics for Select Panel - The Hindu 9may02

• Ban on sale and use of plastics -  The Hindu 8may02

• Ban on polybags in Darjeeling  - Times of India 30may01

• Kathmandu: Plastic Bags to be Banned -  Inter Press Service (IPS) 20jan2000

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