Plastic Ban Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 19:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 India Bans All Single-Use Plastics From Airports https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-bans-all-single-use-plastics-from-airports-20190109/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-bans-all-single-use-plastics-from-airports-20190109/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2019 19:26:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67737 India introduces a ban on all single-use plastics at 129 airports across the country. This is the first step to reaching the higher goal- make all airports plastic-free. India is one of the top four global plastic polluters. The economy of the country got quite a boost over the last years, bypassing the UK in […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-bans-all-single-use-plastics-from-airports-20190109/feed/ 1 67737 Recycled Plastic Cheaper In France https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recycled-plastic-cheaper-france-20180815/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recycled-plastic-cheaper-france-20180815/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:08:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=66900 The French government said that it plans to make bottles produced with recycled plastic cheaper than ones made from new plastic. It will further tighten regulation on plastic use. Brune Poirson, Junior Environment Minister, told that the government also plans to push two changes: increase taxes on landfill and reduce value-added tax on recycling activities. Veolia, […]

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