- By May 2011 at the latest, shoppers in Wales will be charged up to 15-pence each for single-use plastic bags. Read More
- South Australia's plastic bag ban has been extremely successful in its first six months. The ban took effect in May and research shows that nine out of ten shoppers and now taking reusable bags with them when they shop. Prior to the ban, six in ten remembered their reusable bags. Read More
- The island of Phuket in Thailand has decided to implement a fee on single-use plastic bags. Under an initiative called 'Keep Phuket Clean, Keep Phuket Green", a fee of one baht will apply to plastic bags with a five liter capacity or less, and two baht will be charged for larger bags. Details of the fee will be finalized on December 4th. Read More
- Abu Dhabi officials are getting closer to a plastic bag ban. The Centre of Waste Management has submitted a resolution to the Executive Council to ban plastic bags in Abu Dhabi, UAE. If approved, the resolution would go into effect next year. Read More
Bag Monster® spent some time touring the vendor booths and made a TV appearance before stopping by the main stage. He was not expecting what he saw next, a ChicoBag™ stuffing contest. People were lined up on stage in a race to stuff their ChicoBag™ brand reusable bags back into their attached pouches. The winner got theirs back in the pouch in seven seconds flat!
Bag Monster® was sick of hearing people rave about ChicoBag™ brand reusable bags and how much better they were than plastic bags, so he caught the wind and made his way to California just in time for Halloween!




