Thai shoppers are finding innovative ways to carry their groceries after a plastic bag ban was instituted in the Southeast Asian country.
Thailand's rapid economic growth has led to environmental degradation, including the loss of wildlife populations, deforestation and water and air pollution, and much like the rest of the world, the country has not been immune to the effects of climate change.last year that brought renewed public attention to the detrimental effects such bags can have on the environment.
According to the environmental group Greenpeace, about 75 billion pieces of plastic bags end up in the waste each year in Thailand and such bags compose the nearly 2 million tons of plastic waste produced each year by Thai consumers. While some individual stores had already made plans to decrease plastic bag waste, the ban is considered a larger victory by environmentalists.
Some say the Thai plastic bag ban is not enough and that the government should do more to preserve the environment and address climate change, however. "Even if we reduce plastic bag use, it's only by a little, as long as corporations are still spewing toxic fumes into the air and polluting the sea because they want those dinosaur juice oil, then it's not gonna be enough in the long run," Upatampaganon said.
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