BusinessGreen: The global battle to make single-use plastic bags a thing of the past has intensified further this week, after Toronto repealed its mandatory bag tax, only to replace the levy with an outright ban on free plastic bags. The mandatory five cent bag tax was eliminated with effect from this Sunday, but in a vote earlier this month the council confirmed it would instead ban plastic carrier bags from January 2013 The move means many large retail chains will continue to levy a charge on plastic bags,...
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