New Democracy Will Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags
(WorldNews Greece)

ATHENS - It’s been said before by previous governments who swore to end the scourge of plastic bags winding up in trees and the seas but the new New Democracy said it will impose a prohibition on their use as of 2021. There was no explanation why it wouldn’t be put into effect immediately as a number of similar bans are on the books and supermarkets and other businesses are now charging customers for plastic bags in an attempt to get customers to stop using them and switch to alternatives. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking from the United Nations annual General Assembly opening in New York pushed the new ban,...