Media coverage

A selection of international and international coverage of the plastic bag problem

(The most recent news is at the top; for more news, good and bad, click the buttons at the bottom of this page.)

Boris Johnson sets an Olympic goal for London to be Britain’s first plastic bag-free city, The Times, January 2010

Plastic Bag Free Day, ACS, September 2009

Toxic waste returns from Brazil, BBC, August 2009

Tesco accused of spinning plastic bag figures to look as if stores had cut use by half, Daily Mail, August 2009

Retailers miss plastic bag target, BBC, July 2009

Plastic bag revolt halves use, The Guardian, July 2009

How to be a Green School, The Guardian, July 2009

The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii

A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing ... The Independent, February 2008)

Daily Mail campaign on plastic bags, February 2008

For excellent coverage of the plastic bag issue in the Daily Mail, with useful facts, stats, pics, and links, click here, here and here.

Household plastics threat to unborn boys, Daily Mail, May 2005 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-350180/Household-plastics-threat-unborn-boys.html