Delhi Gets Serious About Banning Plastic Bags
If you get caught with a plastic bag in India's second biggest city, you face fines and a jail term.
If you get caught with a plastic bag in India's second biggest city, you face fines and a jail term.
The ban will keep 450 million bags a year out of the waste stream and ocean.
LA is the largest city so far, joining a dozen in California, and many others worldwide.
Industry prevented the ban from going through, but it's now in effect.
Voters reject 20-cent fee on one-use bags in city-wide referendum.