Banning single-use supermarket plastic bags is a big leap forward in terms of ridding the country of millions more of them in future. ONE NEWS Single-use plastic bags are a thing of the past in New Zealand - but what plastic should be dealt with next? SUPPLIED Remix Plastic founder Anthea Madill is encouraged by the number of Christchurch people who attend her workshops on how to minimise their reliance on single-use plastic. IAIN MCGREGOR/Stuff Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage discusses plans to ban single-use plastic bags. "We have banned certain plastic bags and just moved people into purchasing their plastic bags instead.

Source: Stuff July 05, 2019 16:52 UTC