Italy To Ban Plastic Bags

A shopper carries a plastic bag in front of the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP006967" title="Gucci Group NV" href="/topic/economy-business-finance/gucci-group-nv-ORCRP006967.topic">Gucci</a> store in the city centre in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100602011405" title="Milan (Italy)" href="/topic/intl/italy/milan-%28italy%29-PLGEO100100602011405.topic">Milan</a>, Italy. Italians currently use approximately 20 billion plastic bags per year prompting <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO000004" title="Italy" href="/topic/intl/italy-PLGEO000004.topic">Italy's</a> government to ban the use of non-biodegradable polyethylene bags as of January 1, 2011 following legislation set in December 2006.
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( Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images / December 30, 2010 )

A shopper carries a plastic bag in front of the Gucci store in the city centre in Milan, Italy. Italians currently use approximately 20 billion plastic bags per year prompting Italy's government to ban the use of non-biodegradable polyethylene bags as of January 1, 2011 following legislation set in December 2006.

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