Environment Ministry Vows to Reduce Plastic Bag Use by Half

Piles of garbage, mostly plastic bags, are scattered on a road near Derm Kor Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 3, 2015. (Ouch Nida/VOA Khmer)

 Environment officials said if their estimates are accurate there are more plastic bags used daily in Phnom Penh than in many European countries or even China.

 

PHNOM PENH — 

Taxes on plastic bags will be increased in an attempt to lessen the use of the harmful products in Cambodia, which has one of the highest number of plastic bags per capita in the world, officials have said. http://www.voacambodia.com/a/environment-ministry-vows-to-reduce-plastic-bag-use-by-half/3387372.html