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Exporters of plastic pellets will stand to gain now that the Philippines has formally announced a halt to its so-called safeguard investigation, the Foreign Trade Department said on Wednesday.

A roadside beverage stall in southern Songkhla province has dropped a plan to sell iced milk tea in a plastic bag with a long protruding part at the bottom.

BEIJING -- Beijing will ban the use of non-degradable plastic packaging by express delivery outlets by year-end, amid China's efforts to control plastic pollution, local authorities said Thursday.

The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has banned visitors from taking foam boxes, single-use plastic bags, plastic food boxes or utensils into national parks.

Environment Ministry brings back ban on single-use plastic products at restaurants, cafes

Thailand’s plastics industry will grow 3.1 per cent to 1.043 trillion baht this year, according to a forecast issued by the Thai Bioplastics Industry Association (TBIA) on Tuesday.

More and more people are using fabric bags in place of plastic since the launch of the campaign on January 1

People shopping for groceries will no longer be given single-use plastic bags.

As part of its no-plastic bags policy, Tesco Lotus is providing a "Bag of Life" at its branches to those who do not want single-use plastic, Salinla Seehaphan, the corporate affairs director, revealed.

Around 75 brands under the Thai Retailers Association will stop providing plastic bags from January 1 in a bid to reduce the whopping 13.5 billion, or 30 per cent, of plastic bags used in Thailand annually.

Around 75 brands and 24,500 distribution channels under the Thai Retailers Association will stop providing plastic bags from January 1 in a bid to reduce the whopping 9 billion, or 20 per cent, of plastic bags used in Thailand.

Convenience store chain “7-11” will stop giving plastic bags to shoppers at 137 pilot branches starting November 25, before implementing the plastic bag policy nationwide on January 1, 2020.