Japan Begins Charging For Plastic Bags

This photo taken on June 24, 2020 shows a customer carrying his shopping in plastic bags as he leaves a supermarket in Tokyo. – Retailers in Japan began charging for plastic bags on July 1, a move aimed at curbing Japanese consumers’ love for packaging and finally bringing the country in line with other major economies.

“I am worried. I want plastic bags and containers for food to be changed to something more environmentally friendly, although it may not be so easy.” The country produces more plastic packaging waste per capita than any nation apart from the United States, according to the United Nations, with campaigners criticising Tokyo for moving too slowly on reducing plastic consumption.

Introducing a nationwide fee “is aimed at prompting people to think twice if a bag is really necessary and helping people to review their lifestyles,” the government said.And at a meeting in Osaka last year, leaders from the G20 economies agreed to reduce marine plastic waste.

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