Other waste-focused startups in Bali include the award-winning conservation group Bye Bye Plastic Bags. Founded by local sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen in 2013, their campaigning led to a ban on ...

SINGAPORE – From Monday, shoppers must pay five cents for every plastic bag they take at major supermarket chains when a mandatory charge takes effect. About 400 outlets, including those ...

SINGAPORE - From Monday (July 3), shoppers must pay five cents for every plastic bag they take at major supermarket chains when a mandatory charge takes effect. About 400 outlets, including those ...

Sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen are well-known environmental activists from Indonesia for their Bye Bye Plastic Bags Movement, which promotes eco-friendly products. On Nov. 14, Korea's first lady Kim ...

Expect a new charge at major retailers like Walmart, Target, and City Market. A new law, beginning Jan. 1, 2023, will be charging 10 cents for every paper or plastic bag. The new state law is ...

In 2013, they founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags (BBPB), which has become one of biggest youth movement fighting plastic waste. Showing how young people can drive change, the sisters have inspired the ...

Bye Bye Plastic Bags’ has just launched its first ever Impact-NFT collection with Purpose Art, and it is called the “Plastic-Free Collection.” Sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen are founders ...

Melati Wijsen is a 20-year-old Indonesian/Dutch activist who co-founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags with her sister and has been leading the youth-driven movement since 2013.

Stores in New York stopped using plastic bags two years ago because of state law. ... Wegmans bidding bye-bye to plastic bags company-wide. by WHAM . Thu, April 14th 2022 at 2:57 PM.

Wijsen’s efforts eventually led to the prohibition of plastic bags and single-use plastic items in Bali. Today, Bye Bye Plastic Bags is comprised of 60 teams working around the world.