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Canada moves to ban single-use plastics by 2025 amid recycling failures
Date: 2022-06-29 08:50:53
The Canadian government is revealing long-awaited plans to ban single-use plastics after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to prohibit hard-to-recycle plastic production in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic stalled his plans,...
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Ban plastic bottles and return to using glass, former minister pleads
Date: 2022-05-02 08:50:07
Britain should scrap plastic bottles and exclusively return to using glass, a former minister, Conservative former minister Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) told the House of Commons. According to...
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Some U.S. Governors Order State-Run Liquor Stores To Stop Selling Russian Vodka
Date: 2022-03-02 08:10:42
The governors of a handful of U.S. states have ordered government-run liquor stores to stop selling Russian-made vodka and distilled spirits in solidarity with the Ukrainian people after Russia’s invasion...
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Petition To Ban Single-Use Plastic Garners 117,000 Signatures In UK
Date: 2022-02-18 01:50:50
A petition by City to Sea, 38 Degrees, and Greenpeace that calls for the most polluting single-use plastic items to be banned in the UK has received more than 117,000...
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France Bans Plastic Packaging For Fruit And Vegetables
Date: 2022-01-17 08:50:50
France has implemented a new law that bans the use of plastic packaging for most fruit and vegetable products. The law, which came into force on 1 January 2022, is...
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New Zealand To Ban Cigarette Sales For Future Generations
Date: 2021-12-09 08:10:36
New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts to...
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Waitrose Bans Plastic Toys with Kid’s Magazines
Date: 2021-03-30 08:10:17
Waitrose will step up its efforts to reduce single-use plastic by no longer selling children’s magazines containing disposable toys. The retailer was inspired to act after hearing about the campaign by...
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Dutch To Ban Cigarette Sales In Supermarkets From 2024
Date: 2020-11-24 08:10:06
The Netherlands will ban the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in supermarkets from 2024 in a drive to get more people to give up smoking, the government said....
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Russia Restricts Imports From Seven Beef Plants In Argentina And Paraguay
Date: 2019-12-06 08:30:20
Russia’s agriculture safety watchdog will impose restrictions on beef supplies to Russia from five plants in Argentina and two plants in Paraguay starting from 18 December, it said on Wednesday,...
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Selfridges removes single-use beauty wipes in latest sustainability pledge
Date: 2019-11-28 08:50:39
The latest move reinforces Selfridges’ commitment to tackle the issue of ocean plastics since the launch of its Project Ocean campaign almost a decade ago. Selfridges has removed all single-use...
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Sainsbury’s to remove fireworks from shelves
Date: 2019-10-22 08:10:55
Sainsbury’s is set to become the first major retailer in the UK to ban the public sale of fireworks after revealing it would remove them from their shelves. The Big...
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Plastic Straws, Bags No More; Canada Aims To Clean Up Its Act
Date: 2019-06-11 08:50:08
Canada plans to ban some single-use plastics like straws, bags and cutlery by early 2021 to reduce waste and litter and protect the world’s oceans, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau...
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