"single-use items"

#12843737

9 October 2025

A man carries shopping bags near Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 9, 2025. Starting November 1, 2025, Sri Lanka enforces a new regulation requiring consumers to pay for 'sili sili' bags, which are commonly used plastic carry bags made from LDPE and LLDPE, under a directive issued by the Central Environmental Authority and the Consumer Affairs Authority. Retailers are prohibited from distributing these bags for free and must clearly display the price at the point of sale, with the cost itemized on customer bills. This move is part of Sri Lanka's broader effort to reduce single-use plastic pollution and promote sustainable consumer habits.

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#12843738

9 October 2025

A man carries shopping bags near Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 9, 2025. Starting November 1, 2025, Sri Lanka enforces a new regulation requiring consumers to pay for 'sili sili' bags, which are commonly used plastic carry bags made from LDPE and LLDPE, under a directive issued by the Central Environmental Authority and the Consumer Affairs Authority. Retailers are prohibited from distributing these bags for free and must clearly display the price at the point of sale, with the cost itemized on customer bills. This move is part of Sri Lanka's broader effort to reduce single-use plastic pollution and promote sustainable consumer habits.

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#12843739

9 October 2025

A man carries shopping bags near Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 9, 2025. Starting November 1, 2025, Sri Lanka enforces a new regulation requiring consumers to pay for 'sili sili' bags, which are commonly used plastic carry bags made from LDPE and LLDPE, under a directive issued by the Central Environmental Authority and the Consumer Affairs Authority. Retailers are prohibited from distributing these bags for free and must clearly display the price at the point of sale, with the cost itemized on customer bills. This move is part of Sri Lanka's broader effort to reduce single-use plastic pollution and promote sustainable consumer habits.

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#12843740

9 October 2025

A man carries shopping bags near Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 9, 2025. Starting November 1, 2025, Sri Lanka enforces a new regulation requiring consumers to pay for 'sili sili' bags, which are commonly used plastic carry bags made from LDPE and LLDPE, under a directive issued by the Central Environmental Authority and the Consumer Affairs Authority. Retailers are prohibited from distributing these bags for free and must clearly display the price at the point of sale, with the cost itemized on customer bills. This move is part of Sri Lanka's broader effort to reduce single-use plastic pollution and promote sustainable consumer habits.

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#12843741

9 October 2025

A woman carries shopping bags near Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 9, 2025. Starting November 1, 2025, Sri Lanka enforces a new regulation requiring consumers to pay for 'sili sili' bags, which are commonly used plastic carry bags made from LDPE and LLDPE, under a directive issued by the Central Environmental Authority and the Consumer Affairs Authority. Retailers are prohibited from distributing these bags for free and must clearly display the price at the point of sale, with the cost itemized on customer bills. This move is part of Sri Lanka's broader effort to reduce single-use plastic pollution and promote sustainable consumer habits.

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#12384977

19 May 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - MAY 7: A bin overflowing with empty coffee cups, fast food containers, and packaging is seen in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on May 7, 2025.

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#12379994

18 May 2025

A woman pushes a baby stroller up the escalator while passengers disembark from a regional train at Munich Pasing station in Munich, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on May 17, 2025. The station serves as a major transport node connecting local and regional rail services in western Munich.

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#12179159

21 March 2025

A pile of discarded plastic bottles and aluminum cans accumulates at the base of a tree beside a roadside in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 20, 2025. A motorbike with an attached storage box is parked nearby. In the background, a highway with a cyclist passing by and industrial buildings surrounded by greenery highlights the contrast between urban development and environmental pollution.

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#12082511

22 February 2025

Plastic straws are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 22, 2025.

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#12082512

22 February 2025

Plastic straws are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 22, 2025.

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#11894379

24 December 2024

Vegetables in single-use plastic packaging are displayed in the produce section of a supermarket in Bari, Italy, on September 15, 2019. The image highlights the growing debate on single-use plastics and the environmental unsustainability of disposable packaging used by the food industry.

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#11692809

22 October 2024

Greenpeace volunteers work on the beach with the students of the Fermi-Nervi-Cassandro Institute to say stop to single-use plastic in Barletta, Italy, on March 11, 2019.

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#11692810

22 October 2024

Greenpeace volunteers work on the beach with the students of the Fermi-Nervi-Cassandro Institute to say stop to single-use plastic in Barletta, Italy, on March 11, 2019.

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22 October 2024

Greenpeace volunteers work on the beach with the students of the Fermi-Nervi-Cassandro Institute to say stop to single-use plastic in Barletta, Italy, on March 11, 2019.

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#8472384

29 June 2022

A woman walks on a pipeline over an open sewage drain filled with plastic and filth at a slum in New Delhi, India on June 29, 2022. India is enforcing a ban on single-use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country from July 1, 2022.

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#8472376

29 June 2022

People walk past an open sewage drain filled with plastic and filth at a slum in New Delhi, India on June 29, 2022. India is enforcing a ban on single-use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country from July 1, 2022.

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