‘Plastic is like a demon’ – Mumbai hopes to clean up by criminalizing plastic bags

NEW DELHI — On Mumbai’s Versova beach, it was once hard to see the sand amid the endless sea of plastic bags and trash. The long stretch of coast had essentially turned into a dumping site until volunteers banded together to clean it up. A few months later, Olive Ridley turtles began nesting there for […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/06/26/plastic-is-like-a-demon-mumbai-hopes-to-clean-up-by-criminalizing-plastic-bags/