Beginning Saturday, New Zealand will become the first country to ban the thin plastic bags that supermarket customers use to collect their fruit and vegetables.
The
new ban will also extend to plastic straws and silverware, as the
government expands a campaign against single-use plastics it started in
2019 when it banned the thicker plastic shopping bags that customers
used to carry home their grocery items. These days, most customers bring
their own reusable tote bags to stores. ---More...