カテゴリー: Plastic bags
A meeting with a good news guru – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopefulHowever much we blow our own trumpet over here at the Upside (parp parp!), it’s important to acknowledge that we are truly no pioneers in the field of ‘good news’.But this week …
Charging for plastic bags has led to some customers concealing goods in their reusable bags, supermarket chains sayJapan’s consumers have embraced a campaign to address their addiction to plastic bags, but new measures to combat marine pollution have c…
The Garbage Cafe in Ambikapur, India, is helping to tackle the country’s plastic waste problem – and their novel idea is catching onOn bad days, when his employer made some excuse for not paying him his paltry daily wage, Ram Yadav’s main meal used to …
India’s most sacred river is also its most polluted, with plastic a major culprit. Now moves are afoot to monitor the flow of rubbish and assess its link to povertyDrop a plastic bottle into the Ganges and where does it end up? An all-female team of en…