Roundup: Jordan improves enforcement, awareness to prevent black plastic bags


AMMAN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's Ministry of Environment initiated a campaign in early May to enforce 2017 regulations prohibiting the usage, production, and circulation of all black plastic bags except for waste collection.

It also obliges manufacturers to show whether a plastic bag is biodegradable with a symbol on the bag accredited by the ministry and other relevant authorities.

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