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A supermarket employee informs customers about the new regulation.
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Since the beginning of the year, plastic bags can no longer be given free of charge.
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Consumers should be used to using reusable bags.
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Facebook
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Fahrni has been fighting the Güsel-Grüsel for years.
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Facebook
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He constantly draws attention to the problem on social media, including a photo of the crystal-clear Verzasca in Switzerland.
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In Thailand, a new regulation came into force on January 1, according to which supermarkets and retailers are no longer allowed to distribute free plastic bags. From now on, less plastic bags should also be seen on Thai television.
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Eight public and private broadcasters agreed to reduce or obscure images of plastic bags in their programs in the future. This was announced by Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa on Friday.
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Criticism from Greenpeace
The background to the measure is a government campaign to combat plastic waste. According to a government study, more than 27 million tons of garbage were generated in Thailand’s households in 2017. Not even a third of it was recycled or reused.
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According to the organization Greenpeace, the Southeast Asian country is also one of the largest polluters of the oceans with garbage – and this is made up of about half plastic.
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Swiss involved in the fight against garbage
The Swiss Erich Fahrni has been waging a bitter fight against the Güsel-Grüsel in Thailand for years. He made an important breakthrough in the summer: the nationwide TV channel Channel 3 broadcast an article about him. “I love Thailand like my home,” said Fahrni, who is married to a Thai woman, in the interview conducted in Thai.
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The Swiss persistently draws attention to the waste problem in Thailand via social media and repeatedly pays helpers out of his own sack to remove plastic bags and other garbage from a sewer near his home in Pattaya.
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To show the garbage sinners that there is another way, Fahrni posted a photo of the Verzasca on Facebook. “Do you even know what clean water looks like?” He wrote about the picture from Switzerland. (SDA / noo)
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