Eco-logical: Jon the chimpanzee choosing a reusable shopping bag instead of a plastic one during a show at the Songkhla Zoo. — The Nation/ANN
BANGKOK: A plastic bag ban that came into effect last week to force shoppers to go green is threatening to sink its makers in the red, even as factories slash prices to woo retailers.
An agreement between the Thai government and major retailers across Thailand to stop providing free single-use shopping plastic bags came into effect on Jan 1 following publicity surrounding the deaths of marine life that had consumed plastic bags and a subsequent intense campaign against the products.
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