Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic particles from water

Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic... by iso1210 on Saturday January 16, 2021 @07:42AM (#25801863)

Kenya banned the manufacturing, sale and distribution of plastic carrier bags back in 2017. Not just for large retailers, not just a 10 cent charge, total ban.

Looking at the map here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_lightweight_plast...

It seems that Africa is far more progressed than Europe and North America.

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Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic... by FooHentai on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:49PM (#25838692)

I had China/Russia in mind when writing that, and didn't know so many African nations had implemented bans. You're quite right!

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