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Mandatory levy needed on plastic bags, Greenpeace says

The Thai government needs to take more drastic action to reduce the country’s popular acceptance of plastic bags, top environmental group Greenpeace says. It believes a tax must be put on single-use plastic bags to people from just taking them when they shop. Thailand generates more than three million tonnes of plastic waste a year, […]