Madurai: They look like cloth bags and feel like them, but do you know that the non-woven carry bags that you get from the shops do have plastic content and are among the articles banned ? With the ...

The non-woven bags that you have been using, thinking that they are an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bags, contain polypropylene (a form of plastic), a study published on Thursday has revealed.

In a setback to Delhiites’ search for a suitable alternative to plastic bags, the government has now also banned non-woven bags at local markets and shopping centres in the Capital saying they, too, ...

The administration has banned the usage of non-woven bags, which are rampantly being used by shopkeepers, traders, manufacturers and suppliers across the city. The administration has banned the usage ...

Introducing the Botanic BagTM – the world’s first globally patented plant-starch based Non-Woven, Biodegradable and Compostable Retail Carry Bag. Developed as the eco-friendly answer to the increasing ...

A spike in the use of non-woven bags made of polypropylene fabric and sold under the tag of ‘cloth bags’ in Ernakulam seems to have hit efforts to shift to eco-friendly carrybags following the ban on ...

Concerned over the rampant use of environmentally hazardous ‘non-woven’ plastic carry bags across the State, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to impose a complete ban on its use from ...

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday quashed the state government order banning the manufacture, transportation, sale and use of non-woven bags of 60 GSM (grams per square metre) and above, terming ...

NAIROBI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Kenya has banned the importation, manufacture, supply and use of non-woven polypropylene bags following increased pollution. Geoffrey Wahungu, director-general of the ...