As part of the Arctic Dispatches series, reporting from Alaska, Oliver Milman asked whether the catastrophic melting of Arctic ice could be reversed using an unlikely substance – sand. Our only strategy at present seems to be to tell people to stop burning fossil fuels. Since the ban on plastic bags, he says the store sells compostable green woven mesh bags for 40 shillings and compostable white bags for 10 shillings. But compared to the plastic bag ban introduced in Kenya last year – which threatens up to four years’ imprisonment and fines of up to $40,000 (£31,000) for anyone producing, selling or even carrying a plastic bag – Britain’s actions look like child’s play. SomlanderBrit, commenting below the line on our Kenyan plastic bag storyWhere was the upside?

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2018 12:12 UTC