As bag bans grow in Philippines, industry begins ad campaign

摘要

SEVERAL Philippine industry groups have banded together to run advertisements in major papers denouncing the growing num-. ber of plastic bag bans by local governments. But one plastics association believes industry should accept a nationwide bag fee rather than risk more restrictive local laws. Fourteen business groups in the Philippines, including those representing plastics, general industry and supermarkets, took out full-page ads in major newspapers Aug. 31 to oppose the bag bans, saying they unfairly blame plastic and fail to get at the root cause for litter and solid waste problems.